satellite used to monitor waste

Satellites used to monitor waste sites on Earth

A new computational system uses satellite data to identify sites on land where people dispose of waste, providing a new tool to monitor waste and revealing sites that may lead plastic into waterways.
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plastic pollution inquiry

Great Barrier Reef plastics danger

A three-year study of plastic waste in the central Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area has found there is a chronic risk to marine organisms from plastic exposure.
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CSIRO

CSIRO on a mission to end plastic waste

CSIRO’s Ending Plastic Waste Mission will develop cutting-edge science and innovation to change the way Australia makes, uses, recycles and disposes of plastics.
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ACT plastics ban

Ocean conservationists welcome Greens waste policy

Ocean conservationists have welcomed the Greens’ Creating a Circular Economy national policy initiative, describing it as a sound, evidence-based approach to stopping the flow of plastic pollution into Australia’s waterways and oceans.
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