The River Plastic Monitoring Project | Wageningen University
Water hyacinths are invasive free-floating aquatic plants abundant in most tropical rivers. They grow rapidly in biomass, and expand in patches of tens of meters in diameter. Hyacinths have been found to entangle macroplastics. This project further investigates the role of hyacinths on riverine plastic transport.
Schreyers et al. (2021), Plastic plants: Water hyacinths as driver of plastic transport in tropical rivers
Development of an integrated monitoring approach to identify and quantify sources, sinks, and transport mechanisms of macroplastic pollution in the Red River, Vietnam.
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The main goal of this project is to observe, understand and reduce the impact of plastic waste on urban flooding. To achieve this, three steps are defined. First, advanced technologies will be used to provide reliable and frequent observations of urban rainfall and plastic waste. Second, new data will be used to develop an urban rainfall-runoff model. This model will be used for improving fundamental understanding, flood forecasting, and optimizing flood risk reduction strategies. Finally, (preliminary) results will be disseminated to stakeholders, such as local water authorities, funding organizations, governments and policymakers. Stakeholders can use the data and modeling results to plan interventions focused on reducing urban flood risk.
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The River Plastic Monitoring Project | Wageningen University