Stormwater ponds are important reservoirs for plastic pollution

How much of the plastic we generate in our cities every day ends up in natural water ecosystems? And what are the paths for pollution to enter these systems?

Using a combination of environmental monitoring, laboratory analysis, and computer modelling, a team led by Dr. Mauricio Arias and his Watershed Sustainability lab at the University of South Florida aim to unravel the complex mechanisms responsible for the transport and degradation of plastic once they enter the aquatic environment.


Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121052


Read more from the team at watershedsustainability.org