Plastic debris beaching on two remote Indian Ocean islands originates from handful of Indonesian rivers

Plastic debris beaching on two remote Indian Ocean islands originates from handful of Indonesian rivers

Large amounts of plastic waste from non-local sources (>200 tonnes) wash up on Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands, two remote Indian Ocean islands, every year. Local communities on these islands organize beach clean-ups regularly to tackle this problem and, because their waste systems...

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Main Authors: Mirjam van der Mheen, Charitha Pattiaratchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
marine plastic debris
Indian Ocean
Lagrangian particle tracking simulations
Christmas Island
Cocos Keeling Islands
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad75aa

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad75aa

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