Organic micropollutants in marine plastics debris from the open ocean and remote and urban beaches

► Plastic fragments from the open ocean and remote and urban beaches were analyzed. ► PCBs, PAHs, DDTs, PBDEs, NP, BPA concentrations ranges from 1 to 10,000 ng/g. ► Concentrations showed large piece-to-piece variability. ► Hydrophobic organic compounds were sorbed from seawater. ► NP, BPA, and PBDEs came mainly from additives and were detected even in open ocean.