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MICROPLASTICS ALONG THE COAST OF ZANZIBAR Screening of surface waters around the coast of Unguja, Zanzibar – January 2019 Preliminary results Elisabeth Lundsør, Sara Rydbeck, Maneno Ibrahim Hamis, Shaib Silima Mnemba, Halima Mohammed Othman, Alli Nassor

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MICROPLASTICS ALONG THE COAST OF ZANZIBAR

Screening of surface waters around the coast of Unguja, Zanzibar – January 2019

Preliminary resultsElisabeth Lundsør, Sara Rydbeck, Maneno Ibrahim Hamis, Shaib Silima Mnemba, Halima

Mohammed Othman, Alli Nassor

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Decreased emissions in the transport

sector

Increased food safety

Improved healthcare

299 million tonnes per year

Plastic is fantastic

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• Northpole• Southpole • Bottom of the sea • Isolated mountain lakes • Rivers• Open ocean• In animals, in sediment, in plankton…

Sea of Plastic

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www.indiegogo.com

Microplastics

• When plastic items break down into smaller pieces

• Syntetic textiles• Marine coating• Tyres• Roadmarking• Plastic pellets• Personal care products

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IUCN 2017

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Danger by entanglement

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Danger by ingestion

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Prevous work in Zanzibar

Results from microplastic sampling close to Stonetown in 2016.

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Chemical monitoring of marine pollution

Marine litter survey along a 100 m stretch of a beach a few km north of Stone Town.

Staer et al 2018

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This study – January 2019

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From the field

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From the lab

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From the microscope

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Type and amount of particles

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Type and amount of particles found

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Size fractions of particles found

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Prevention

Recycle

Clean up

Design and production Usage and

consumption

Collection and waste

managementMaterial

and energyrecycling

Clean up

Solutions?

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What can we do in Zanzibar?

• AWARENESS

• Local engagement

• Solid waste management

• Public education

• Private sector involvement

• Cooperation between government, private sector and public society

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• Mr Rune Hashim

• Mwambao

• One Ocean dive center

• Safari Blue

• Chumbe Island Coral park

• Marine cultures

• Institute of Marine Research (Norway)

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