Catchment scale assessment of macroplastic pollution in the Odaw river, Ghana

Rose Boahemaa Pinto; Linda Bogerd; Martine van der Ploeg; Kwame Duah; Remko Uijlenhoet; Tim H.M. van Emmerik

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115813

Catchment scale assessment of macroplastic pollution in the Odaw river, Ghana

Rose Boahemaa Pinto^*, Linda Bogerd, Martine van der Ploeg, Kwame Duah, Remko Uijlenhoet, Tim H.M. van Emmerik

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Catchment-scale plastic pollution assessments provide insights in its sources, sinks, and pathways. We present an approach to quantify macroplastic transport and density across the Odaw catchment, Ghana. We divided the catchment into the non-urban riverine, urban riverine, and urban tidal zones. Macroplastic transport and density on riverbanks and land were monitored at ten locations in December 2021. The urban riverine zone had the highest transport, and the urban tidal zone had the highest riverbank and land macroplastic density. Water sachets, soft fragments, and foam fragments were the most abundant items. Our approach aims to be transferable to other catchments globally.

Original language	English
Article number	115813
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	198
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115813
Publication status	Published - Jan 2024

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Catchment
Hotspot
Land
Macroplastic pollution
River
Riverbank

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Pinto, R. (Creator), Bogerd, L. (Creator), van der Ploeg, M. (Creator), Duah, K. (Creator), Uijlenhoet, R. (Creator) & van Emmerik, T. (Creator), Wageningen University & Research, 11 May 2023
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