Florida Microplastic Awareness Project
Citizen scientists are collecting coastal water samples and filtering them to look for the presence of microplastics (using a microscope). They are also helping to educate stakeholders about the sources of and problems caused by microplastics in order to encourage people to read labels to avoid purchasing plastics when non-plastic alternatives are available, and to recycle/reuse as much as possible.
Project URL: http://www.plasticaware.org
Geographic Scope: Local
Project Status: Active
Participation Tasks: Data entry, Observation, Sample analysis, Specimen/sample collection, Other,
Start Date: 2015-09-01
Project Contact: mpmcg@ufl.edu
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Fields of Science: Ecology and environment, Nature and outdoors, Ocean/water and marine
Intended Outcomes: Civic and community, Individual learning, Conservation,