Deep Dive – Arctic Beach Litter Method/Database
Self-guided platform and protocol for analyzing beach litter sources and pathways in the Arctic, along with living database
The Water Map – Microplastic Dataset & Test Kit
Crowdsourced microplastic detection in drinking water using Nile Red fluorescence staining and public mapping. Open dataset for tap and filtered water.
TRADE: Trash Rapid Assessment Data Exchange (ArcGIS Hub)
TRADE is a platform that standardizes community-based rapid trash assessments for MS4 stormwater monitoring, visualization, and downloadable reporting-ready datasets.
River-OSPAR Plastics Dataset: Global River Macrolitter Shapes, Sizes, and Material Properties
The River-OSPAR Plastics Dataset contains >229k litter items collected from 4 continents with mass, volume, density, dimensions, and categorization.
MicroTrack Sampling Devices for Microplastics & Microfibres
MicroTrack sampling devices for microplastics: SDW01 tap-water nozzle, SDAIR02 air pump sampler, SDSW03 marine depth sampler via drone.
Bayesian Species Sensitivity Distribution Risk Characterization App
RShiny web app for site-specific ecological risk characterization fitting microplastic data into Bayesian Species Sensitivity Distribution-based risk.
CAPTOPLASTIC Capture Tech: Continuous Microplastics Capture via Agglomeration (Water & Wastewater)
Capture Tech by CAPTOPLASTIC is a continuous, in-line microplastics capture system based on agglomeration, using a reusable “capturer/collector” material to bind microplastics into aggregates that can be separated from the flow (marketed as a low-CAPEX/OPEX, “zero-waste” approach)
MP-SED
MP-SED is a microplastics database for sediment contamination and environmental monitoring research maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
One4All: An Open Source Portal to Validate, Share, and Harmonize Microplastics Data
One4All is an open-source portal and R package for validating, structuring, and sharing microplastics data- designed to accelerate FAIR data practices.
Microplastics and Trash Cleaning and Harmonization: Semantic Data Ingestion and Harmonization Using Artificial Intelligence
MaTCH is an AI-powered tool that harmonizes microplastics and trash datasets. Use the live app or open-source code to standardize plastic pollution data.