Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution

Emily M. Duncan et al., Plos One Plastics & Pollution

Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution
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Rivers worldwide are now acting as major transport pathways for plastic pollution and discharge large quantities of waste into the ocean. Previous oceanographic modelling and current drifter data have been used to predict the movement and accumulation of plastic pollution in the marine environment, but our understanding of the transport and fate through riparian systems is still largely unknown.

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