River plastic measurements in the Rhine, Odaw and Mekong 2021-2022

doi:10.4121/21763220.v1
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Tim van Emmerik; Louise Schreyers; Boaz Kuizenga; Pinto, Rose; Yvette Mellink et. al. (2023): River plastic measurements in the Rhine, Odaw and Mekong 2021-2022. Version 1. 4TU.ResearchData. dataset. https://doi.org/10.4121/21763220.v1
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Dataset
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geolocation
Rhine (NL to CH), Odaw (Ghana), Mekong (Cambodia)
time coverage
December, 2021 to March, 2022
licence
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We measured floating plastic in the Rhine (Netherlands to Switzerland), Odaw (Ghana) and Mekong (Cambodia) rivers using visual counting from bridges. We also measured riverbank and terrestrial plastic density in the Odaw river through physical sampling and classification.


We measured river plastic pollution in three rivers across relevant gradients, including geography, hydrology, and plastic pollution levels. In the Rhine basin (Switzerland, France, Germany, the Netherlands) we showed that urban areas and tributaries may act as entry points of plastic pollution. For the Odaw basin (Ghana) we compared floating, terrestrial and riverbank plastics, identifying source and accumulation zones. Finally, in the Mekong river (Cambodia) we quantified the contribution of the city of Phnom Penh to plastic pollution through quantifying the plastic mass balance in the Mekong-Tonle Sap-Bassac region.


history
  • 2023-04-20 first online, published, posted
publisher
4TU.ResearchData
format
.xlsx
funding
  • WWQA
  • Veni grant 18211 "The River Plastic Monitoring Project"
organizations
Wageningen University & Research, Hydrology & Quantitative Water Management Group

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