CRIPTIC Second workshop 26 June 2021

Litter cleaning registration and sampling methodologies

Follow up of the 2021 inventory

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 NIVA’s Criptic Team

• David Eidvoll

• Jannike Falk-Andersson

• Bert van Bavel

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WP 1: Riverbank Cleaning and Classification of Plastic Pollution from the Kura river (Lead: NIVA; Partners: Salt, AGS).
Objectives: To perform in situ quantitative and qualitative data collection analyses of riverbank and beach litter.
Task 1.1: Workshop I 'Effective litter collection, removal, and registration'
Task 1.2: Workshop II 'Innovative use of NIR smartphone scanners’ On Site
Task 1.3: Workshop III 'Data processing, analyses and applications’ On-line

Litter selection

Litter size

Litter density
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WP 1: Riverbank Cleaning and Classification of Plastic Pollution from the Kura river (Lead: NIVA; Partners: Salt, AGS).
Objectives: To perform in situ quantitative and qualitative data collection analyses of riverbank and beach litter.
Task 1.2: Workshop II 'Innovative use of NIR smartphone scanners’ On Site (Beginning of August 2022)
Task 1.3: Workshop III 'Data processing, analyses and applications’ On-line

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Survey 2021

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Survey 2021

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Survey 2021

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Survey 2021

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Survey 2021

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> 310 items photographs

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Items identified
Containers Drink Bottles A
1% 5% Cleaners
4%

Other plastic bags

8%
3Oil/Chemical containers
Cosmetics
2%
15Drink Bottles/ cans (alcohol)
12Cleaners (e.g. Washing powder, toilet cleaners)
23Other plastic bags
6Cosmetics (other, e.g shampoo, soap, deodorant)
236Drink Bottles/ cans (non-alcoholic)
Drink Bottles NA
80%

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Type, origin and age
Sirab
Beer
İpəksu
Soft Plastic 260 Azerbaijan 275 Under 5 years 220 Azərsu
Bizimtarla
Rigid Plastic 15 Iran 4 Over 5 Years 63 Hobby Life
CocaCola

Metal 5 Turkey 1 Bonaqua

Bizimtarla
Bonaqua
Paper 3 Russia 3 Bonaqua
Pepsi
Ukraine 1 CocaCola
CocaCola
Bonaqua
Pepsi
Bonaqua
Pepsi
CocaCola
CocaCola
Sprite
Sirab

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Polymer identification, Meso plastics

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WP 1: Riverbank Cleaning and Classification of Plastic Pollution from the Kura river (Lead: NIVA; Partners: Salt, AGS).
Objectives: To perform in situ quantitative and qualitative data collection analyses of riverbank and beach litter.
Task 1.2: Workshop II 'Innovative use of NIR smartphone scanners'

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Meso and micro plastic

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Forfatternavn
Near Infra Red
NIR spectra smartphone scanner HDPE

+ WL selection

Row spectra

1d derivative + SNV

+ Detrend
2d derivative

dark green
Database with reference material+ household plastics
Total 407 items

For better separation of different plastic types in the merged database (reference material
+ household plastic) it is needed first, to select WL and then, to take the 2nd derivative
• Start the App
• Connect to the smart phone
NIR skanner
• Find the NIVA data base with
407 items
• Scan the item 3x
• If 3 times same answer fill in
the polymer types
• PET, PC, PVC, PP, PS
• HDPE, LDPE, PA
Micro NIR Camera
Types of plastics
Specific Percentage
gravity production
Polyethylene terephthalate
1.34-1.39 7%
(Thermoplastic polyester)

High-density polyethylene 0.94-0.95 17%

Polyvinylchloride 1.38 19%

Low-density polyethylene 0.91-0.93 21%

Polypropylene 0.85-0.92 24%

Polystyrene 1.04-1.09
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) 1.01-1.05 6%

Polyamide (PA)/Nylon 1.13-1.15 <3%

Cellulose Acetate (CA) 1.24

~60% of all produced plastic have lower density then the surface seawater (1.027)