Trash Trip

Exploring waste, from coast to coast.

Trash Trip – 2009-12-14


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Brian and Melanie begin to test plastics, after a brief review of what's in the box of samples. A typical find of plastics and marine life, as collected in the plankton net which was regularly dragged from the side of the Kaisei, back in August, in the Pacific gyre. Label on the bottle from one of the plankton-filter samplings from the Kaisei, taken back in August.
The box of samples gathered from the Pacific gyre - it had a ripeness that can only be described as "marine like" and very strong. A machine which uses near infra-red, to measure/indicate what types of plastic are in the samples we test. A machine which uses medium infra-red, to measure/indicate what types of plastic are in the samples we test.
Testing plastic samples with a near-infra-red device. Testing plastic samples with a near-infra-red device. Post-interview photo with Brian Riise. Melanie was a fellow crew mate from the Kaisei and continues to work with Project Kaisei in their efforts to deal with marine debris.
Part of the collection of plastics taken from the Pacific gyre. A close-up of the plastics collected and tested - the majority of which is polyethylene (PE).  
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Description: Lab testing of plastics collected from the Pacific gyre, back in December, aboard the Kaisei.
Location: Richmond, CA

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