Plastic Pirates is a pan-European citizen science initiative about plastic pollution. Young people take samples in estuaries and in rivers and inventories the plastic pollution level. The main objectives of the initiative are to gain knowledge on the origin and pathways of plastic pollution, raise awareness and improve ocean literacy.
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