Trash Tinder
A gamified web survey collecting information to inform educational and outreach tools for marine debris.
Plastic Pirates
A European Citizen Science Campaign in which school clasess and youth groups collect plastic samples from streams and rivers and document their findings.
Lesson plan for Citizen Science Laboratory Investigation of Microplastics
Detailed instructions for low-cost lesson plan (10th-12th grades) for conducting a citizen science laboratory investigation of microplastics
Beat the Microbead App
The Beat the Microbead app allows you to scan the ingredients on packaging to see if your product contains microplastics. You will immediately see if the scanned product contains microplastics […]
Micro Investigators
New Zealand-based citizen science monitoring team for microplastics. Includes database, map of samples, and additional information for connecting with school kids.
Adventure Scientists Global Microplastics Initiative
Collection of various occurrence database for microplastics collected by the Adventure Scientists non-profit for specific projects.
AUSMAP
Crowd-sourced repository of microplastics occurrence in Australia.
Marine Debris Tracker
Marine litter tracking database powered by citizen science crowd-sourced data using a mobile app.
Microplastics Sampling and Processing Guidebook
Citizen science guidebook for sampling and processing methods for microplastics. Developed to support Gulf of Mexico microplastics citizen science monitoring project.
FMAP
A citizen-science project that was funded in 2015 by an outreach and education grant from NOAA’s Marine Debris Program. Volunteer citizens are collecting coastal water samples, filtering them and looking […]