Harnessing people power to help with plastic pollution in Portsmouth

Data classifications by survey. Credit: Marine Pollution Bulletin (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115116

A UK city has become the first in the world to use city wide surveys to track plastic waste, in an effort to tackle plastic pollution.

The research, published this week in Marine Pollution Bulletin relied on the help of local people and businesses to map ‘hotspots’ of plastic rubbish in…

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