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Hello and season's greetings from all of us in the MINAGRIS team! It's been a busy year, and the latest edition of the our newsletter looking back on what we've been up to is out now. To sign up for future editions next year, complete the newsletter sign-up on our homepage. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the festivities, and wish you all a new year of happiness, peace and opportunity. |
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SoilPlastic App for citizens, students and farmers: help scientists understand how much plastic ends up in soils
Available on IoS, Android, and in your desktop browser, the recently launched SoilPlastic App allows you to record your sightings of plastic in soils. With these records, you will help scientists to gain a better understanding of the impacts of plastic residues on soil health. This is a key area of research because we rely on our soils for producing 95% of our food. Access our quick-start guide here.
Micro-plastics research project MINAGRIS now one year old.
MINAGRIS is one year old, and what a year it has been! The team have been busy working on a number of activities, from developing and launching our multiscale experiment protocol, to completing a Europe-wide sampling campaign across 11 case study sites.
Partners in the project have presented at seminars, conferences, and public events, and we have co-hosted two joint stakeholder forums with our sister project PAPILLONS. Team members have published the first papers affiliated with MINAGRIS. Meanwhile, we have produced several key deliverables, including developing the SoilPlastic citizen science app (available on Apple and Android).
We rounded up year one with our annual plenary, this year hosted by the Slovenian partners in Ljubljana. This was a fantastic opportunity to check in with each other, establish where we stand and plan next steps for a productive year ahead!
New blog post: Farmers give up using municipal compost due to high plastic content
We have a new blog post out from UK MINAGRIS partners at the CCRI. It shines a light on the problem of plastics in municipal compost, and the impacts of this on farmers and their soils. Seemingly well known in the agricultural community, in the wider public this issue is far from as well known as the issue of ocean plastics, yet it is likely to contribute to them. Read more here...
