Avaliação da poluição por plásticos nas praias de Maceió-AL

Abstract

In the last decades, the global plastic production has surpassed billions of tons, for the fact of its versatile nature and that can be adapted to meet the most diverse needs. This material is recognized as a omnipresent pollutant, that is, it can be found in many different ecosystems, which originates itself from several sources, being composite mostly by anthropic action, this has created a big impact in trophic webs, ecosystem services and death by many different kind of species due to the ingestion of this item. Is to evaluate the pollution by plastic on the beaches of Maceió/AL. The evaluation was done between 2017 and 2019 through six campaigns, considering dry and rainy periods, covering four beaches on this shore. A large load of anthropogenic debris has been observed on beaches that suffer with the absence of cleaning policies. it is important to note that the amount of waste may vary between the dry and rainy periods; this means that the beach infrastructure influences the amount of solid waste; and the plastic occupied around 60% of the general garbage. This study may contribute to reduce the plastic production and its use, before it becomes waste. Besides that this work can also help to create public policies that could reduce the improper disposal of waste on the beaches; there is also a possibility to take this research ahead to observe the levels of pollution between the different types of beaches and compare the impacts created by the ingestion of this item.