Justine Barrett on cleaning out the undergound garbage bins

About this episode

Justine Barrett discusses her research on reducing litter flow into oceans and the challenges of maintaining gross pollutant traps in Australia.

Justine Barrett Research Technician & iPhD Student with CSIRO's Marine Debris Team - currently researching how best to reduce the flow of litter into our oceans and waterways. In this chat, we discuss Justine's recent research compiling over 1300 audits of gross pollutant traps (GPTs) across Australia, the key barriers to cleaning out GPTs, and how to resolve these barriers - and ultimately better protect our oceans and waterways from stormwater pollution. Useful links: Justine on Linkedin ( here ) " Identifying and addressing challenges in gross pollutant trap maintenance: perspectives from the Australian stormwater industry ", published in Marine Pollution Bulletin ( here )   For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at  www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ocean Protect

Guest: Justine Barrett

Topics covered

• marine debris
• stormwater pollution
• gross pollutant traps
• ocean protection
• litter reduction

Keywords

• marine debris
• stormwater
• pollution
• ocean protection
• research
• gross pollutant traps
• CSIRO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CSIRO, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Ocean Protect

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