Online quiz around plastic in the environment
In the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, from November 13 to 19, 2023, the negotiations on the envisaged global plastics agreement will enter a new round. Under the umbrella of the United Nations, all relevant issues will be discussed and wrestled over. In this context, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, together with international partners, are providing supplementary scientific fact checks and background information – including a new quiz that takes a playful approach to the topic. The processed knowledge is bundled in Hereon’s online application Coastal Pollution Toolbox of the Hereon.
The Hereon Institute of Coastal Environmental Chemistry team and partners at the University of Strathclyde have now selected the most prominent plastic myths and reviewed and updated them with detailed fact checks. Each fact check is available in a short and a detailed version that provides further information. The detailed check has been peer-reviewed by recognized researchers working internationally on the topic of plastics in the environment. In addition to myths, the quiz also embeds validated scientific findings around the topic.
For those who want to delve deeper, the Microplastic Compendium explains in detail the scientific background to the topic of microplastics. In the web compendium, users will find well-founded information and many descriptive graphics on the extent of the pollution, the possible consequences and also politically feasible solutions.
„For a successful plastics agreement, it is centrally important that the discussion and decisions take place on a scientific basis,“ says project coordinator Prof. Dr. Ralf Ebinghaus. „On the Coastal Pollution Toolbox, we want to use playful, informative and background formats on the Internet to provide all interested parties with a well-founded, but also entertaining introduction.“ (Source: Hereon Press Release)
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