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Plastic Pirates are on Tour Again on German Rivers and Streams – Citizen science campaign for young people

Order Campaign Materials! The first research period in 2018 of the "Plastic Pirates" takes place from May until the end of June. German school classes and youth groups are invited to collect, document and analyse data on plastic litter in and along waterways throughout Germany. The campaign materials can be ordered online. (Picture: BMBF/Wissenschaftsjahr 2016*17).

The first research period in 2018 of the "Plastic Pirates" takes place from May until the end of June (Picture: BMBF/Wissenschaftsjahr 2016*17).

Order Campaign Materials! The first research period in 2018 of the "Plastic Pirates" takes place from May until the end of June. German school classes and youth groups are invited to collect, document and analyse data on plastic litter in and along waterways throughout Germany. The campaign materials can be ordered online.

The results are registered online and displayed on a digital map of Germany. Subsequently, scholars of the Kieler Forschungswerkstatt use this data for their scientific research. Considering, until today, little research has been carried out on the prevalence of plastic waste and its distribution and range in German waterways, young people will make an important contribution to researching the spread of macroplastics and microplastics. Further information (in German) and the possibility to order materials are available on the plastic pirates website.

“Plastic Pirates" is a citizen science campaign for young people aged 10 to 16 years under the research focus "Plastic in the Environment", which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).

Further information about the citizen science campaign „Plastic Pirates“

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Contact Persons: Doris Knoblauch and Linda Mederake (Ecologic Institute) | plastikpiraten@bmbf-plastik.de