Flood induced buttertub spill reveals riverine plastic transport dynamics
Rahel Hauk,
Martine van der Ploeg,
Adriaan J. Teuling
et al.
Abstract:During the July 2021 European floods approximately 8 million empty dairy packaging (buttertubs) were flushed from a dairy processing facility in Belgium into the Vesdre river. Some were transported further downstream, into the Ourthe river and eventually the Meuse river. There are many unknowns when it comes to plastic transport in rivers, especially in response to floods. We therefore used this incident as an unique opportunity to study these buttertubs as a tracer for plastic transport dynamics in a riverine… Show more
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