Solid waste transportation through ocean currents: Marine debris sightings and their waste quantification at Port Dickson beaches, Peninsular Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorChong Jing Yi
dc.contributor.authorNarayanan Kannan
dc.coverage.publicationMalaysia
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-20T05:27:54Z
dc.date.available2024-05-20T05:27:54Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractFour beaches at Port Dickson, Peninsular Malaysia, namely Saujana Beach, Nelayan Beach, Bagan Pinang Beach and Cermin beach have been sampled for marine debris from 7th June 2014 until 26th July 2014, on every Saturday. These beaches face the Strait of Malacca with a coastline stretching 18 km each. Our observations revealed a total debris items of 13193 in those beaches. The top three items of highest frequency were cigarette butts, foamed fragments and food wrappers. Plastic debris scaled high upto 41% of the total debris. Compared to the ocean conservancy s 2013 report of marine debris in Malaysian beaches, which was 27,005 items with in 6.44 km, the current count is slightly low. However, Malaysia was ranked 14th place among the top 20 countries in International Marine Debris Watch program. Nelayan Beach is the dirtiest beach in Port Dickson. Around 50% of the total plastic items collected are found on those beaches. The marine debris items indicated that they arrived there by land-based and ocean-based activities. High energy conditions such as wind and waves in the beaches correlated well with less debris deposition on the beaches. With debris equivalent of 4193 items/km, Malaysia harvests less solid wastes compared to Croatia, USA, Singapore and Turkey. However, a nation wide survey is needed to assess the seriousness of marine debris problem in Malaysia.
dc.identifier.citationYi, C. J., & Kannan, N. (2016). Solid Waste Transportation through Ocean Currents: Marine Debris Sightings and their Waste Quantification at Port Dickson Beaches, Peninsular Malaysia. EnvironmentAsia, 9(2).
dc.identifier.urihttps://repoemc.ukm.my/handle/123456789/1434
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
dc.publisher.alternativeEnvironmentAsia
dc.subjectMarine debris
dc.subjectplastic pollution
dc.subjectbeach watch
dc.subjectsolid waste
dc.subjecttransportation
dc.titleSolid waste transportation through ocean currents: Marine debris sightings and their waste quantification at Port Dickson beaches, Peninsular Malaysia
dc.typeJournal

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