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DOI: 10.4121/21763220

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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Categories

• Other Environmental Sciences
• Environmental Science and Management
• Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water
• Other Earth Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
• Environment

Keywords

hydrology macroplastic microplastic Plastic pollution rivers

Geolocation

Time coverage

December, 2021 to March, 2022

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Interoperability

• RO-Crate Metadata

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by Tim van Emmerik , Louise Schreyers , Boaz Kuizenga, Rose Pinto , Yvette Mellink, Linda Bogerd

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

Associated peer-reviewed publication

Estimating plastic pollution levels in rivers through harmonized monitoring strategies

Funding

• WWQA
• Veni grant 18211 "The River Plastic Monitoring Project"

Organizations

Wageningen University & Research, Hydrology & Quantitative Water Management Group