Sources: point (sewage containing plastics from laundry, car tyres, household dust and personal care products and open defecation via laundry and the use of personal care products)
Main inputs: population connected to sewage systems, removal efficiencies, consumption/production rates for personal care products, car tyres, dust and laundry, hydrology
Main outputs: river export of microplastics by source and sub-basin
Modelling approach
Figure 1: Conceptual framework of the model application to the drainage area of the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2022)
Model outputs (example)
Figure 2: Identified solutions for reducing microplastics from 107 sub-basins draining into the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2022).
