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URL https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/35834
Titel (primär) Monitoring plastics in rivers and lakes: guidelines for the harmonization of methodologies - Technical summary for policy makers
Autor Wendt-Potthoff, K. ORCID logo ; Avellán, T.; van Emmerik, T.; Hamester, M.; Kirschke, S.; Kitover, D.; Schmidt, C.
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
Department ASAM; SEEFO
Seite bis 21
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords plastics; freshwater ecosystems; plastic pollution; pollution; marine environment; environmental monitoring; sampling; rivers; lakes; reservoirs; drinking water; wastewater; biota; chemicals; polymers; pollutants; metadata
UFZ Bestand Magdeburg, Bibliothek, 00535410, 22-0152
Abstract The purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for the assessment of plastic contamination, from macro- to microplastics, in freshwater environments. It provides the most current procedures for monitoring and analysing plastic content in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and water/wastewater treatment plants. Recommendations have been developed reflecting stakeholder inputs from a series of workshops, which revealed that developing and developed countries face similar challenges with the implementation of monitoring programmes for plastics in freshwater environments. However, the type and intensity of hurdles to be overcome in setting up monitoring programmes may differ in different countries. The guidelines are designed to assist in the timely development and implementation of freshwater plastic monitoring programmes, tailored to the different starting conditions in the different countries.
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Wendt-Potthoff, K., Avellán, T., van Emmerik, T., Hamester, M., Kirschke, S., Kitover, D., Schmidt, C. (2021):
Monitoring plastics in rivers and lakes: guidelines for the harmonization of methodologies - Technical summary for policy makers
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 21 pp.