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"80% of ocean plastic comes from land-based sources. Plastic Origin is a project that aims at mapping plastic pollution in european rivers and provide data to all stakeholders"

Collect

Trained volunteers collect information and images on plastic pollution with Plastic Origins app

Analysis

Online contributors label images of pollution with Trashroulette platform

Broadcast

Data collected is analyzed and featured in Plastic origins website for all interested parties

Antoine Bruge, a surfer and nature lover working for Surfrider Europe, initiated this project to map plastic pollution in rivers following the observation that most of the litter found in the oceans comes from inland and is transported by rivers.