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Macroplastic deposition and flushing in the Meuse river following the July 2021 European floods

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Rivers play an important role in the macroplastics transport and retention dynamics in the environment. Therefore, gaining an understanding of these processes is vital in order to help determine the fate of macroplastic in the environment.
Rahel Hauk, Tim H M van Emmerik, Martine van der Ploeg, Winnie de Winter, Marijke Boonstra, Ansje J Löhr, Adriaan J Teuling   +6 more
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Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus)

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022
Plastic waste has become a hot topic in sustainability and conservation, helped in part by popular documentaries which have highlighted the issue to the general public.
Lindsay Thomas, Phillipa Dobbs, Samantha Ashfield   +2 more
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Categorization of plastic debris on sixty-six beaches of the Laurentian Great Lakes, North America

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
The Laurentian Great Lakes system is a major global sink for plastic debris. An area of 10 m ^2 on each of sixty-six Great Lakes beaches was sampled for large micro-, meso- and macroplastic items.
Ian A Arturo, Patricia L Corcoran
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Characteristics, distribution patterns and efforts to handle macroplastic waste on the border of the Musi river, Palembang city, Indonesia [PDF]

Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva
The research aims to identify the characteristics of waste generation and its composition, map the distribution of macroplastic waste generation and efforts to reduce waste generation through the use of plastic.
Putri Mega Kusuma, Utaya Sugeng, Sumarmi, Bachri Syamsul   +3 more
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Life on bottles: Colonisation of macroplastics by freshwater biota

Science of The Total Environment, 2023
While rivers are known to be the main vectors of plastics to the sea, it seems surprising that studies on interactions (e.g. colonisation/entrapment and drift) between macroplastics and biota continue to remain largely neglected, notwithstanding they represent unexpected threats to freshwater biota and riverine habitats.
L. Gallitelli, G. Cesarini, A. Sodo, A. Cera, M. Scalici   +4 more
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Macroplastic surface characteristics change during wind abrasion. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abstract Mechanical abrasion is an important wind driven process which can degrade plastic litter on sandy beaches, desert environments and in agricultural settings. Wind-driven particle impacts can cause surface roughening and chemical changes and eventually complete fragmentation in high stress environments.
Finlay I, Bullard JE, Alvarez-Barrantes L, Davis S.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Rapid Landscape Changes in Plastic Bays Along the Norwegian Coastline

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The Norwegian Coastal Current transports natural debris and plastic waste along the Norwegian coastline. Deposition occurs in so-called wreck-bays and includes floating debris, such as seaweed, driftwood and volcanic pumice, and increasing amounts of ...
Eivind Bastesen, Marte Haave, Marte Haave, Gidske L. Andersen, Gaute Velle, Gaute Velle, Gunhild Bødtker, Charlotte Gannefors Krafft, Charlotte Gannefors Krafft   +8 more
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Will it float? Rising and settling velocities of common macroplastic foils

ACS ES&T Water, 2021
Plastic accumulates in the environment because of insufficient waste handling and the materials' high durability. Better understanding of plastic behaviour in the aquatic environment is needed to estimate transport and accumulation, which can be used for monitoring strategies, prevention measures, and plastic clean-up activities.
Kuizenga, Boaz, van Emmerik, Tim, Waldschläger, Kryss, Kooi, Merel   +3 more
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Measuring riverine macroplastic: Methods, harmonisation, and quality control

Water Research, 2023
River systems are a key environmental recipient of macroplastic pollution. Understanding the sources of macroplastic to rivers and the mechanisms controlling fate and transport is essential to identify and tailor measures that can effectively reduce global plastic pollution. Several guidelines exist for monitoring macroplastic in rivers; yet, no single
Rachel Hurley, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg Braaten, Luca Nizzetto, Eirik Hovland Steindal, Yan Lin, François Clayer, Tim van Emmerik, Nina Tuscano Buenaventura, David Petersen Eidsvoll, Asle Økelsrud, Magnus Norling, Hans Nicolai Adam, Marianne Olsen   +12 more
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Macroplastics in Lakes: An Underrepresented Ecological Problem?

Water, 2022
Lakes are the greatest reserve of available superficial inland fresh water and concurrently one of the most threatened ecosystems. Among the many pollutants, plastics contaminate lakes worldwide; notwithstanding that, little is known on the impacts of macroplastics.
Alessandra Cera, Luca Gallitelli, Massimiliano Scalici   +2 more
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