Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1 A brief history of marine litter research -- Part 2 Abiotic aspects of marine litter pollution -- Global distribution, composition and abundance of marine litter -- Persistence of plastic litter in the oceans -- Part 3 Biological implications of marine litter -- Deleterious effects of litter on marine life -- The complex mixture, fate and toxicity of chemicals associated with plastic debris in the marine environment -- Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector -- Part 4 Micro plastics -- Micro plastics in the marine environment: sources, consequences and solutions -- Methodology used for the detection and identification of micro plastics - a critical appraisal -- Sources and pathways of micro plastics to habitats -- Micro plastics in the marine environment: distribution, interactions and effects -- Modeling the role of micro plastics in bioaccumulation of organic chemicals to marine aquatic organisms. A critical review -- Nano plastics in the aquatic environment. Critical review -- Part 5 Socio-economic implications of marine anthropogenic litter -- Micro and nano-plastics and human health -- The economics of marine litter -- Regulation and management of marine litter -- Marine litter and the contribution of citizen science.