[keiths-list] Frontiers | Change in microplastic concentration during various temporal events downstream of a combined sewage overflow and in an urban stormwater creek

  • From: Darryl McMahon <darryl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:27:36 -0400

My first ever author credit in an open-access, peer-reviewed science journal.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2022.958130/full

In case you didn't know, plastics degrading in the sun are a source of GHG emissions: ethylene, methane, and carbon dioxide.

https://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/new-study-shows-plastic-as-source-of-greenhouse-gases-potentially-contribut

We have spent 80 years now dumping plastic waste into the environment, and zero years seriously trying to remove it and treat it to reduce its contribution to climate change.


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Darryl McMahon
Freelance Project Manager (sustainable systems)

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