700 million plastic bottles: we worked out how much microplastic is in Queensland’s Moreton Bay

By Elvis Okoffo, PhD candidate in Environmental Science, The University of Queensland
Alistair Grinham, Honorary Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
Ben Tscharke, Research fellow, Analytical Chemistry, The University of Queensland
Helen Bostock, Associate Professor in Marine Geology, The University of Queensland
Kevin Thomas, Professor of Environmental Health, The University of Queensland

How much microplastic does a city produce? To find out, we looked at Brisbane’s Moreton Bay, where microplastics build up without being washed away

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