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Methods for monitoring urban street litter: a comparison of municipal audits and an app-based citizen science approach

Published:2024 Issue:6 Volume:3 Page:885-896
ISSN:2754-7000
Container-title:Environmental Science: Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Adv.

Author:

Watkins Lisa¹^ORCID,Bonter David N.²,Sullivan Patrick J.³,Walter M. Todd¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

2. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA

3. Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Abstract

Non-traditional methods, including citizen (or participatory) science and professional litter audits can provide high quality data for understanding street litter and associated plastic pollution.

Funder

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/VA/D4VA00008K

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