Riverine plastic pollution : sampling and analysis methods / Ruth Branch [and four others] ; prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Branch, Ruth, author.

Contributor:

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.), issuing body.

United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, sponsoring body.

United States. Department of Energy. Water Power Technologies Office, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plastic marine debris--United States.

Plastic marine debris.

Marine debris--United States.

Marine debris.

Microplastics--Environmental aspects--United States.

Microplastics.

Marine debris--Environmental aspects--United States.

Marine pollution--United States.

Marine pollution.

River sediments--Sampling--United States.

River sediments.

River sediments--Sampling.

Marine debris--Environmental aspects.

United States.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (approximately 38 pages) : illustration, color maps

Place of Publication:

Richland, Washington : Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, March 2022.

Contents:

1.0. Introduction

2.0. Review of field sampling methods. 2.1. Macroplastic

2.2. Microplastic

3.0. Review of laboratory analysis methods. 3.1. Macroplastic

3.2. Microplastic. 3.2.1. Sample treatment

3.2.2. Physical characterization

3.2.3. Chemical characterization

3.3. Leachates

4.0. Review of plastic pollution in U.S. Rivers. 4.1. Estimates of plastic pollution from mismanaged waste

4.2. Review of U.S. riverine macroplastic collection studies

4.3. Review of U.S. riverine microplastic collection studies

5.0. Water PACT field study

6.0. Conclusions.

Notes:

"March 2022."

"PNNL-32657."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-26).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (PNNL, viewed April 28, 2022).

OCLC:

1313128134