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
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.
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.
COMEX — Canadian Ocean Microplastics Data Portal
Web platform for exploring Canadian marine microplastics monitoring data to support standardized, policy-relevant decision making.
Low-cost portable microplastic detection system integrating nile red fluorescence staining with YOLOv8-based deep learning
A a low-cost portable microplastic detection system combining Nile Red staining and YOLOv8 deep learning. Unfortunately, authors have not released code or schematics, limiting reproducibility.
NCEI Marine Microplastics Interactive Map and Database
An open database and web map tool from NOAA that providesd access to aggregated global data on microplastics in marine settings.
SCCWRP Workshop on Sample Collection Method for Microplastics in Drinking Water
Training video, method, parts list, and presentations for sampling microplastics in drinking water for regulatory use in California
Representative Sample Volume Predictions Tool
The RSVP tool standardises statistical prediction of sufficient sample volumes, to ensure microplastics are detected with a given level of confidence.