24 October 2022

Danube

Budapest

Location coordinates: 47.481955 19.056996

Group A

Average waste per m² in all riverside zones

2.56

Foreshore (Average waste per m²)

1.46

Backshore (Average waste per m²)

2.22

Riverbank crown (Average waste per m²)

4.01

Group B

Total number of waste items found (including single-use plastic)

239

Weight of all waste including plastic in kg

2.2

Group C

Flow velocity of the river (meters per second)

0.44

River width in m

310

Total number of floating waste

Larger Microplastics per 1,000 liters of river water

Larger Microplastics per m² of the riverbank

BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

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