Assessment of floating plastic debris in surface water along the Seine River.
2014
Gasperi, Johnny | Dris, Rachid | Bonin, Tiffany | Rocher, Vincent | Tassin, Bruno | Laboratoire Eau, Environnement et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU) ; AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12) | SIAAP - Direction du Développement et de la Prospective ; Syndicat interdépartemental pour l'assainissement de l'agglomération parisienne (SIAAP)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. This study is intended to examine the quality and quantity of floating plastic debris in the River Seine through use of an extensive regional network of floating debris-retention booms; it is one of the first attempts to provide reliable information on such debris at a large regional scale. Plastic debris represented between 0.8% and 5.1% of total debris collected by weight. A significant proportion consisted of food wrappers/containers and plastic cutlery, probably originating from voluntary or involuntary dumping, urban discharges and surface runoff. Most plastic items are made of polypropylene, polyethylene and, to a lesser extent, polyethylene terephthalate. By extrapolation, some 27 tons of floating plastic debris are intercepted annually by this network; corresponding to 2.3 g per Parisian inhabitant per year. Such data could serve to provide a first evaluation of floating plastic inputs conveyed by rivers.
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