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Between 2002 and 2006 bags plastic in the Mediterranean were the fourth most abundant waste after cigarette butts and bottles

floating in the Mediterranean "an island of plastic between Italy, Spain and France

Rome, March 9 (Adnkronos) - In the sea between Italy, Spain and France there is a concentration of plastic that exceeds that of the so-called "junk continent" present in the Atlantic Ocean. And in just one hour in the Tuscan archipelago were collected 4 pounds of waste, of which 73% of plastic. These are some of the data report "The impact of plastic bags on the marine environment" created by Harp Tuscany and the structure of oceanographic Daphne Arpa Emilia Romagna at the request of Legambiente.

The report, which summarizes the most important scientific studies on pollution from plastic at sea, "may be a useful contribution to the Ministry of Environment will have to respond to the request for clarification of the European Commission ban on the Italian shopper," said Legambiente stressing that "these are, in fact, the reasons for environmental that may allow it to justify any notion of a breach of the European Directive on packaging."

The study also the plastic waste is the main found in the sea because it is from 60% to 80% of the total garbage found in the waters. A fact that, in some areas, reaches even 90-95% of the total, but also in Italian waters reach serious levels. But the situation is no better elsewhere in the Mediterranean where, according to the results of International Coastal Cleanup, between 2002 and 2006 plastic bags were the fourth most abundant waste after cigarette butts and bottles .

are a total of 500 tons of plastic waste that emphasizes the relationship of Legambiente, the total float Mediterranean and, the French Research Institute on the exploitation of the sea and the University of Liège, Belgium, in summer 2010, the highest concentration of waste water were found in plastic bags.

In the oceans, the situation is equally serious. In the North Atlantic there is a vortex of 334mila pieces of plastic per square kilometer of 5 kg/km2.

"Italy is a country doubly exposed to the problem of plastic bags and scattering at sea," said Stephen Ciafani, scientific director of Legambiente. "It is-more-both because it is the first country to use plastic bags 'disposable', given that sells 25% of the total shopper throughout Europe, but also because it overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, involved as the seas of the rest of the planet from pollution by plastic. For these reasons our country has rightly adopted by the Finance Act 2007, the ban on non-biodegradable shopping bags in force since January 1 last year. "

The large amount of plastic at sea, especially the lighter fraction consists of the bags, causing serious damage to marine life.

at the expense are primarily marine mammals and turtles who mistake the parts in plastic bags for jellyfish , as evidenced by numerous studies in Canadian universities, Brazilian, English and Italian shown in the ratio of the two agencies regional security environment. According to the UNEP and the Swedish Environment Protection Agency, 115 species of marine mammals, 49 are at risk of entrapment or ingestion of marine debris. Cetaceans and marine mammals are attracted to these materials often brightly colored. And not only. Elephant seals, dolphins, whales, manatees have all been found to ingest plastic bags. Turtles in the plastic bag, mistaken for a jellyfish, causing blockage of the digestive tract and subsequent suffocation.

Of 312 species of seabirds, 111 are known to have ingested plastic waste. Between 700,000 and one million seabirds every year are killed by suffocation or entrapment. "For all these reasons, Italy, which is usually delayed in relation to environmental regulations, chose to ban plastic bags, placing even among the advanced industrialized countries."