Coastal Garbage Patches: Where Does Our Rubbish Go?

When scientists first found the so-called 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch', it seemed the surface waters of the open ocean gyres might hold the answer to where our plastic trash goes. This created global initiatives that aimed to clean up our oceans and many studies in other open ocean basins. Yet the amount of plastic that enters the ocean every year is far greater than we find in the open ocean's Garbage Patches.
So, are there plastics concentrated in coastal waters as well? And if these 'Coastal Garbage Patches' exist, how can we find them?
About Sara Hajbane
Sara is an Oceanographer and Archaeologist studying plastic pollution. She hopes to catch a glimpse of the stories behind the plastics in our seas to help policy makers and educators tackle the problem of plastic pollution more effectively. Her interests are in anthropogenic changes to marine environments, physical oceanography, indigenous knowledge systems, and citizen science.
Date: Thursday 4 July 2019
Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Venue: City of Perth Library
Cost: FREE, book now as places are limited.
Image: Pelagic Plastic II © Tim Pearn.
Join us for the other talks in our Oceans series:
Listening to Sea Country: Blending Traditional Knowledge with Contemporary Science
Date: Thursday 8 August 2019
Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Venue: City of Perth Library
Cost: FREE, book now as places are limited.
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A Global Perspective on Marine Megafauna Movement
Date: Thursday 5 September 2019
Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Venue: City of Perth Library
Cost: FREE, book now as places are limited.
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The Oceans series is run in partnership with the UWA Oceans Institute.
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City of Perth Library
573 Hay Street, Perth WA 6000
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