Publications
2018
Crosti, Roberto; Arcangeli, Antonella; Campana, Ilaria; Paraboschi, Miriam; González-Fernández, Daniel
In: Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, (29), pp. 859-866, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Marine litter, Mediterranean Sea, Monitoring protocol, Riverine litter, Tibet river
@article{Crosti2018,
title = {‘Down to the river’: amount, composition, and economic sector of litter entering the marine compartment, through the Tiber river in the Western Mediterranean Sea},
author = { Roberto Crosti and Antonella Arcangeli and Ilaria Campana and Miriam Paraboschi and Daniel González-Fernández},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12210-018-0747-y},
doi = {10.1007/s12210-018-0747-y},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-00-00},
journal = {Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali},
number = {29},
pages = {859-866},
abstract = {Land-based activities are, undoubtedly, the main source of marine litter, particularly in a highly populated closed sea basin, such as the Mediterranean Sea. Rivers, consequently, act as a pathway of mismanaged waste to the sea. While quantification of inputs is a difficult task, the assessment of abundance, composition trends and baselines, and the identification of sources and main sectors producing marine litter are of crucial importance to support the ability of policy makers to improve waste reduction measures. For this reason, the Joint Research Centre (JRC/RIMMEL) coordinated a network of several research bodies that monitored floating litter (> 2.5 cm) from fixed observation points located on rivers near the sea using the same systematic research protocol. In Italy, one of the surveyed rivers was the Tiber, the third longest river on the peninsula, which after running through the city of Rome divides into two branches before flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Results of 1 year of monitoring, September 2016–August 2017, highlight that 82% of the floating items were plastic and belong to the food and cosmetic sector, and it was estimated that 85.4% (± 9.4) of litter items get into the sea each hour from the Tiber river canal in Fiumicino, of which approximately 30% were already fragmented.},
keywords = {Marine litter, Mediterranean Sea, Monitoring protocol, Riverine litter, Tibet river},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Land-based activities are, undoubtedly, the main source of marine litter, particularly in a highly populated closed sea basin, such as the Mediterranean Sea. Rivers, consequently, act as a pathway of mismanaged waste to the sea. While quantification of inputs is a difficult task, the assessment of abundance, composition trends and baselines, and the identification of sources and main sectors producing marine litter are of crucial importance to support the ability of policy makers to improve waste reduction measures. For this reason, the Joint Research Centre (JRC/RIMMEL) coordinated a network of several research bodies that monitored floating litter (> 2.5 cm) from fixed observation points located on rivers near the sea using the same systematic research protocol. In Italy, one of the surveyed rivers was the Tiber, the third longest river on the peninsula, which after running through the city of Rome divides into two branches before flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Results of 1 year of monitoring, September 2016–August 2017, highlight that 82% of the floating items were plastic and belong to the food and cosmetic sector, and it was estimated that 85.4% (± 9.4) of litter items get into the sea each hour from the Tiber river canal in Fiumicino, of which approximately 30% were already fragmented.
2014
Gasperi, Johnny; Dris, Rachid; Bonin, Tiffany; Rocher, Vincent; Tassin, Bruno
Assessment of floating plastic debris in surface water along the Seine River Journal Article
In: Environmental Pollution 195:163–166., 2014.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Floating plastic litter, Plastic loads, River, Riverine litter
@article{Gasperi2014,
title = {Assessment of floating plastic debris in surface water along the Seine River},
author = {Johnny Gasperi and Rachid Dris and Tiffany Bonin and Vincent Rocher and Bruno Tassin},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749114003807},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-00-00},
journal = {Environmental Pollution 195:163–166.},
abstract = {This study is intended to examine the quality and quantity of floating plastic debris in the River Seine through use of an extensive regional network of floating debris-retention booms; it is one of the first attempts to provide reliable information on such debris at a large regional scale. Plastic debris represented between 0.8% and 5.1% of total debris collected by weight. A significant proportion consisted of food wrappers/containers and plastic cutlery, probably originating from voluntary or involuntary dumping, urban discharges and surface runoff. Most plastic items are made of polypropylene, polyethylene and, to a lesser extent, polyethylene terephthalate. By extrapolation, some 27 tons of floating plastic debris are intercepted annually by this network; corresponding to 2.3 g per Parisian inhabitant per year. Such data could serve to provide a first evaluation of floating plastic inputs conveyed by rivers.},
keywords = {Floating plastic litter, Plastic loads, River, Riverine litter},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
This study is intended to examine the quality and quantity of floating plastic debris in the River Seine through use of an extensive regional network of floating debris-retention booms; it is one of the first attempts to provide reliable information on such debris at a large regional scale. Plastic debris represented between 0.8% and 5.1% of total debris collected by weight. A significant proportion consisted of food wrappers/containers and plastic cutlery, probably originating from voluntary or involuntary dumping, urban discharges and surface runoff. Most plastic items are made of polypropylene, polyethylene and, to a lesser extent, polyethylene terephthalate. By extrapolation, some 27 tons of floating plastic debris are intercepted annually by this network; corresponding to 2.3 g per Parisian inhabitant per year. Such data could serve to provide a first evaluation of floating plastic inputs conveyed by rivers.
