Details
- Mission objective
- Objective 1b - Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity Focus on freshwaterObjective 2a - Prevent and eliminate pollution - litter and microplasticsEnabler 2b - Raising awareness
- Lighthouse
- Danube River basin
- Sector
- Environmental protection and regeneration
- Topic(s)
- MicroplasticsPlastic pollutionFreshwater ecosystem
- Type of action
- Evidence-based knowledge and data and/or access provision to knowledge and data
- Type of knowledge output
- Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
- Solution owner
- PlasticFreeDanube
- Country
- Austria
Description
This report concludes that plastic waste samples analysed in the study exhibit surface contamination with metal oxides. Additionally, the plastic waste samples showed a higher amount of oxygen compared to the original material, as demonstrated, for example, by a Bounty stick collected as waste and a freshly bought one from the market. The combination of FTIR and XPS analyses successfully identified all of the plastic wastes. The results from optical microscope examination revealed scratches on the surface of the plastic, which could potentially contribute to the formation of microplastics.
