Table 2.

Plastic polymers are from the six most abundant plastic litter categories by NP and the categories of other plastic items, such as hair and other sanitary items, such as diapers for the mangrove and sandy beach regions of Ghana

OSPAR category	OSPAR ID	PE	PET	CPE	EVA	PP	PS
Caps/lids	3	3
Crisp/sweet packets and lolly sticks	4	4	1
Drinks (bottles, containers, and drums)	15	4	3
Floats/buoys	19	1			1		2
Fragments (2.5–50 cm)	37			1		4
Fragments (PS 2.5–50 cm)	46						3
Nets and pieces of net < 50 cm	46	5				2
Small plastic bags, e.g., freezer bags	115	9
Other plastic items (hair)	48					1
Other sanitary items (diaper)	102			1		3
Grand total		26	4	2	1	10	5

PE polyethylene + polyethylene isotactic, EVA ethylene–vinyl acetate, PET polyethylene terephthalate, CPE polyethylene chlorinated, PP polypropylene + polypropylene isotactic, PS polystyrene