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International Marine Litter Research Unit
Furthering our understanding of litter on the environment and defining solutions
International Marine Litter Research Unit: current projects
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Preventing Plastic Pollution (PPP)
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Lost at Sea: where are all the tyre particles? (TYRE-LOSS)
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Current and future effects of microplastics on marine ecosystems (the MINIMISE project)
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LimnoPlast
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BIO-PLASTIC-RISK
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PISCES: a systems analysis approach to reduce plastic waste in Indonesian societies
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National Highways: quantifying microplastic contribution from the Strategic Road Network
International Marine Litter Research news
Academics from the University are among those to call for worldwide action to halt the environmental threats posed by single-use electronic devices
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Community beach clean-ups could beat high-tech solutions for clearing plastic pollution
Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS is the lead author on a new report by the Royal Society looking at ways to remove plastic from the environment
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International experts issue renewed call for Global Plastics Treaty to be grounded in robust science
A letter from members of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty has been published in the journal Science
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Seychelles beach cleans demonstrate potential for citizen science to tackle marine litter
New research by the University details how volunteers collected almost 9,000kg of waste during beach cleans on the islands between 2019 and 2023
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Retention ponds can deliver a substantial reduction in tyre particle pollution
New research has analysed the mass of tyre wear particles found in drainage systems alongside some of the busiest roads in the UK
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