Plastic Fragments - Filmed

Plastic fragments >2.5cm that are composed of thin plastic sheets/ films; these filmed plastics are flimsy and bend easily. A fragment is a piece of a larger item that cannot be identified, or that is less than 50% of the original item.

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Filmed plastic sheet found on the beach at Walk on Beach, CA.
Filmed plastic sheet found on the beach at Walk on Beach, CA. (Photo Credit: California Coast National Monument Task Force)
Filmed plastic fragment (clear) found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.
Filmed plastic fragment (clear) found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD. (Photo Credit: NOAA)
Blue plastic sheeting found on a beach.
Blue plastic sheeting found on a beach. (Photo Credit: Seba Sheavly, Sheavly Consultants, Inc.)
Filmed plastic fragment (clear) found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.
Filmed plastic fragment (clear) found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD. (Photo Credit: NOAA)
Filmed plastic fragment found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.
Filmed plastic fragment found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD. (Photo Credit: NOAA)

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