Plastic-wood jams: macroplastic deposition on woody debris in a Mediterranean mountain river and its similarities to temperate ecosystems

2025/05/06 by Maciej Liro, Luca Gallitelli · 1 voice
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage #Building materials and conservation #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

paper · doi:10.1007/s10750-025-05875-5

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Citations

• More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean

Discussions

• Together with Luca Gallitelli @riverinelitter.bsky.social, we show that wood jams can retain up to 600× more macroplastic than channel sediments. We introduce the term plastic-wood jam to describe th [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]