AUSMAP : microplastic

Last week, AUSMAP’s Research Director, Dr. Scott Wilson, attended the 2nd Nano & Microplastics Australian Conference in Adelaide, where he presented a poster showcasing our latest South Australian microplastic data.

Have you been thinking about whether to join our microplastic training day? The day is almost here! Join Dr Scott and Dr Natasha tomorrow for our Randwick City Council AUSMAP training day! Register here: events.humanitix.com/ausmap-trainin…

🌊 Create Waves of Change across Sydney! AUSMAP is excited to have our Research Director, Dr. Scott Wilson, speaking at the 2025 Ocean Lovers Festival Talks Series on the panel "Crash Through the Trash: Solving the Ocean Waste Crisis." events.humanitix.com/ocean-lovers-t…

We’re proud to be part of the Ocean Lovers Festival, showcasing our Microplastics- Science in Action Workshop to inspire ocean conservation and actions. events.humanitix.com/ausmap-x-ocean…

Want to learn how to sample for microplastics at your local beach? 🌊🔍 Come and join AUSMAP and Beach Patrol in Mt Martha! When? Sunday 30th March, 9.30am Where? Mt Martha SLSC events.humanitix.com/ausmap-micropl…

🚨 Thanks to the support of City of PAE Council, AUSMAP identified large loads of 5,667 and 951 microplastics per metre squared! Big thanks to the City of Port Adelaide Enfield & our amazing volunteers for making this project possible! 🙌💙

WOW! Our biggest Manly Cove event yet for Clean Up Australia Day! Our first event of the Ocean Lovers Festival month saw an amazing 32 volunteers helping us collect our March AUSMAP sample! 🔍 Biggest find: polystyrene balls!

We’re celebrating the Ocean Lovers Festival with 5 amazing AUSMAP events throughout March! Join us for hands-on microplastic sampling, connect with fellow ocean lovers, and be part of the movement to turn data into action! 💙✨ events.humanitix.com/host/5fbc27352…

Did you know that Manly Cove holds the record for our longest-running microplastic dataset? ​ 🌊 A beach clean-up with @‌eco.adventure.crew 🔬 A citizen science session with @‌ausmap_au 🤿 A “Strawkle” experience with @‌operationstraw ​ Bring sunscreen, a hat & reusable bottle!

Sydney’s wastewater treatment plants are dumping up to 120 billion microplastic particles into the ocean every single day 🚨

🌊 Join the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project and become an AUSMAP microplastics ambassador at our training day! 👉 Register via the link: events.humanitix.com/ausmap-trainin… We look forward to seeing you there! 🌍

Microplastic pollution event on remote Australian Beaches! ❗️🌊 Even in remote places like Bettys Beach, WA, researchers have uncovered shocking amounts of nurdles, rope, bottle caps, and microplastics polluting our shores.

Our first event of the year! 🔍 🌊 Thank you to everyone who joined our Randwick Council Community Day! A special thank you to the amazing Aunty Maxine Ryan for her Welcome to Country and for sharing her invaluable knowledge about the coastline.

SYDNEY! Our first event for 2025! 🌊 Join AUSMAP Scientists and learn about microplastics at our Scientist for a Day workshop! 📅 Tuesday, 21st of January ⏰ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 📍 Yarra Bay Sailing Club events.humanitix.com/ausmap-micropl…

🎄🌍 Reduce Plastic Waste This Holiday Season! 🌍🎄 Swipe to see how YOU can help reduce plastic waste this Christmas! Consider this Earth this Holiday season!

The AUSMAP team would like to say a huge thank you to all our supporters for an AMAZING 2024! ⁠⭐️🌏 ⁠ AUSMAP’s mission wouldn’t be possible without the amazing work of passionate volunteers, supporters, and collaborators. ⁠ SWIPE for some of our favourite moments!

AUSMAP, we’ve mobilised 1,600+ citizen scientists and sampled over 370 sites for microplastic across Australia. Over 40 of these sites have been recognised to have alarming levels of microplastic pollution 💡 Just $40 can make a difference 👉 Donate today tec.org.au/ausmap_donation

Manly Cove: Swimming in Microplastics? 🔍 Our long-running microplastic survey at Manly Cove, Sydney Harbour, has uncovered a troubling reality: swimmers here are navigating a soup of plastic pollution. ausmap.org/sydney-manly-c…

Join us for our last Manly Cove event for 2024! AUSMAP Eco Adventure Crew, Pittwater Eco Adventures, and Reshaping Waste will all be there to celebrate the @beachescouncil 31st Ocean Festival 🌊

AUSMAP recently spent three inspiring days in Port Macquarie, training the local community in our citizen science method to tackle microplastic pollution Together, we’re creating a cleaner, plastic-free future Thanks to Port Macquarie Hastings Council and Hastings Enviro Rotary