2022 - 2025. Improving Australia's plastic pollution understanding and monitoring.
Phase II. 2020 - 2023. Quantifying flows of plastic and other debris from land-based sources to the ocean
2021 - Ongoing. CSIRO’s Marine Debris team has developed machine learning and computer vision models to monitor litter in waterways.
2019 - Ongoing. We are researching informal waste management practices from around the globe.
2021 - Ongoing. CSIRO’s team is using sensors to monitor stormwater drains and gross pollutant traps (GPTs) across Australia.
COBSEA is partnering with CSIRO to provide technical assistance and capacity building toward harmonized marine litter monitoring programmes. Trainings on […]
Team members Qamar Schuyler, Lauren Roman, Britta Denise Hardesty and Chris Wilcox have recently published a report assessing the risk of plastic pollution to migratory species
Introduction Marine debris has been identified as a significant risk to biodiversity, economies, human health, fisheries management, tourism and invasive […]
Conservation Volunteers Australia and CSIRO interchange project By Natalie Kikken, March 2022 CSIRO has teamed up with Conservation Volunteers Australia […]
We have been working with collaborators from across industry, research and government to co-design this mission. The mission is in development and will continue to evolve.