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Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are working to create a model that will tackle the problem of plastic in the ocean, showing where it collects and where it comes from.<\/h2>\n

Around the world, eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean every year, despite efforts towards recycling and awareness of disposable plastics.<\/p>\n

Christina Hellevik, one of the researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology<\/a> (NTNU), commented: \u201cActions to clean up plastic don\u2019t do much good if you don\u2019t deal with the sources of the plastic at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal for the researchers, who are collaborating with the \u00c5lesund region’s Port Authority, \u00c5lesund municipality and M\u00f8re og Romsdal county, is to develop more targeted measures for the clean-up and collection of waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things we\u2019re developing is an app that recognises plastic from an image,\u201d said Hellevik. \u201cWhen you\u2019re out cleaning up marine waste, you photograph the plastic objects you find with your mobile and register the product in the app.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously, clean-up operations have weighed and photographed the waste afterwards, without being able to register it in detail and efficiently.<\/p>\n

The researchers are also developing a database for the app, which will be tested by around 100 people when they are at clean-up actions in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe technology will become widely available starting in the spring of 2022, and anyone will be able take a picture of plastic articles and get information,\u201d said Ricardo Da Silva Torres, the professor who is responsible for the technical tool. \u201cPeople will also need to register where the object was found,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The researchers have developed the app with the aim of helping to predict which areas attract plastic pollution and where its origins are. As well as this, they hope it will help facilitate decision-making for the municipality and the port authority.<\/p>\n

Clean-up events show that the sources of plastic in the \u00c5lesund region often tend to be materials from fish farms<\/a>, industrial areas or boats.<\/p>\n

Through PlastOPol, NTNU will collaborate with the \u00c5lesund region’s Port Authority, M\u00f8re og Romsdal county and \u00c5lesund municipality to develop a prediction model based on plastic in the oceans. The Research Council of Norway is supporting the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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