Beach pollution from marine litter: Analysis with the DPSIR framework (driver, pressure, state, impact, response) in Tuscany, Italy

• DPSIR applied to beach contamination through data search and fieldwork. Fieldwork allowed gain insight into local pressures, state, health impact of beach-stranded. Main responses: waste removal from drainage system recycling stranded material. Local regional efforts are required build a systemic view contamination. Beaches affected by the accumulation natural anthropogenic material; however, this environmental issue has not yet been explored One Health perspective. In paper, conceptual framework (Drivers-Pressures-State-Impact-Response) was used understand beach-stranded material in way data-based classification for some indicators developed support analysis. The model an Italian coastal municipality as case study, collection variety sources: publicly accessible database, stakeholders’ network (i.e., authority, solid company, sewerage consortium), fieldwork consisting microbiological analysis underlying sand, visual census macrolitter along waterways. study area, wastes production high pressure (768 kg/capita/year), but situ observations floating at outlet canals revealed that contribution waterways marine litter negligible, thus suggesting effectiveness measures adopted consortium grids pumping stations). Nevertheless, very quantity counted during surveys (603 items/100 m), probably result current pathway transported major watercourses (>100 km 2 basin size; 23 items/h). On contrary, sewage represented (>33,000 m 3 /km) impacted on quality with moderate level fecal bacteria detected cast. sand such contamination, most sample within provisional limit set WHO enterococci (60 CFU/g) associated risk of<5 % gastroenteritis attributable accidental ingestion sand; nevertheless, peak values (980 MPN/g) could be gastroenteritis>10 %. collected without separating annual 1,243 kg/m, processed dedicated facility allowing recover up 98 biomass after treatment, expenditure (22 €/m). Overall, better figure out cause-effect relationships shoreline management practices toward Therefore, usage structuring problem useful managers administrators, its adoption programs is worth improving quality.