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

Elvis Okoffo, The University of Queensland; Alistair Grinham, The University of Queensland; Ben Tscharke, The University of Queensland; Helen Bostock, The University of Queensland, and Kevin Thomas, 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
Volunteers gather at a beach, to clean up plastic litter at a Lagos beach. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

Pan‑African research networks are needed to manage continent’s plastic pollution threat

Holly Nel, University of Birmingham; Elvis Okoffo, The University of Queensland; Ifenna Ilechukwu, Madonna University, Nigeria, and Oluniyi O. Fadare

African government and international funding partners should focus on building laboratories in different parts of Africa to support plastic pollution research.

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