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merepraht

1 substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 19.06.2025

Meanings

maailmameres olev prügi

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Usage examples
  • Merepraht saastab randasid, kahjustab mereelustikku ning tekitab pikaks ajaks probleeme jäätmetega, mida on kulukas koristada.
  • Kilekotid jäävad jäätmekäitlusvoogudest kõrvale ning kuhjuvad keskkonnas, eriti mereprahina.

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Domain fishing - fish breeding & aquaculturesolid waste & liquid wastewater pollution - waste water
mereprügi
merepraht
marine litter
  • any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment
mereprügi
Usage examples
  • Kõige sagedamini pärineb mereprügi maismaalt.
  • Ranna- ja mereprügi rohkusega kaasnevad sotsiaalmajanduslikud kulutused, otsesed ja kaudsed ohud inimese tervisele, merekeskkonnale ja -elustikule.
merepraht
Usage examples
  • Plast moodustab 80% mereprahist ning laguneb merekeskkonnas sadu aastaid. ... Lõviosa mereprahist tekitatakse maismaal. Oluliseks mereprahi tekitajateks on rannikupiirkondades asuvad asulad. Prahti kantakse merre tuule, jõgede ning heitvee- ja sadeveesüsteemide kaudu.
marine litter
Usage examples
  • Waste, in particular plastic waste, from rivers is one of the main contributors to marine litter, which includes discharges from inland waterway vessels.
  • Single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic are therefore a particularly serious problem in the context of marine litter, pose a severe risk to marine ecosystems, to biodiversity and to human health and damage activities such as tourism, fisheries and shipping.
marine debris
Usage examples
  • The Argentine coast of the estuary is low-lying; its banks are of marine debris and coarse sand ... (Rio de La Plata).
  • Litter in the marine environment is a particularly pressing problem, and Member States should take measures that aim at halting the generation of marine litter in the Union, thereby contributing to the goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015 to prevent and significantly reduce by 2025 marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution.

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

merepraht mereprahid
mereprahi mereprahtide
mereprahti mereprahte ~ mereprahtisid

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