Quad Cities Educator-Focused Debris Tracker Training
This webinar is a training for educators about the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative for the Quad Cities, with a focus on data collection October 1-31, 2021. In this webinar, you will learn more about the Initiative and how to use the Debris Tracker app. Links to download the app are here: https://debristracker.org/
About the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative:
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), the University of Georgia, and other partners are working together on an initiative to generate a snapshot of the state of plastic pollution along the river.
The data will be generated through a ‘citizen science’ approach, enlisting the participation of thousands of community volunteers covering as large an area as feasible along the river, using the Debris Tracker, a free mobile phone app. The data gathered in selected locations will be analyzed to understand the state of plastic litter in these river cities. The goal is to generate as rich a picture as possible within a dedicated timeframe, of the extent and type of litter that makes its way to the river.
Visit www.unep.org/mississippi for more information on the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative.