Plastic Pollution Action Team Publications
Microplastic Source Tracking: Preliminary Investigation Data Report Potomac River, Maryland
Publication date:This project investigated the likely sources for microplastics related to land use
Framework for Monitoring Plastic Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay
Publication date:This report includes recommendations for plastic pollution monitoring strategies throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
View document [PDF, 6.6 MB] Framework for Monitoring Plastic Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay
Updated (2022) Conceptual Model for an Ecological Risk Assessment for Microplastics on Striped Bass in the Potomac River Estuary
Publication date:This preliminary conceptual ecological risk assessment model was designed to identify pathways, sources, effects and unknowns related to microplastics in the tidal portion of the Potomac River.
Potential Linkages Between Microplastics and 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Outcomes
Publication date:This report presents the impacts microplastic pollution could have on efforts to achieve the goals and outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Microplastic Monitoring & Science Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay
Publication date:This strategy presents a starting point to address microplastics across the Chesapeake Bay by engaging in research, monitoring and policy development.
View document [PDF, 3.9 MB] Microplastic Monitoring & Science Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay
Uniform Size Classification and Concentration Unit Terminology for Microplastics
Publication date:This document describes and recommends a uniform size classification and concentration unit terminology for plastics, to be applied to the parallel effort to develop an environmental risk assessment framework and eventual monitoring plan for environmental plastics in the tidal Potomac River.
Microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed: State of the Knowledge, Data Gaps, and Relationship to Management Goals
Publication date:This workshop report presents urgent recommendations to the Chesapeake Bay Program for addressing the threat of microplastics across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Charge for the Plastic Pollution Action Team
Publication date:This document outlines the Management Board's charge for an action team to reduce the presence and impacts of plastic pollution on the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
View document [PDF, 76.6 KB] Charge for the Plastic Pollution Action Team