30 June 2022

Schwarze Elster

Herzberg/ Elster

Location coordinates: 51.6963201 13.2446140

Group A

Average waste per m² in all riverside zones

8.0

Foreshore (Average waste per m²)

0.71

Backshore (Average waste per m²)

1.28

Riverbank crown (Average waste per m²)

0.67

Group B

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

277

Weight of all waste including plastic in kg

2.5

Group C

Flow velocity of the river (meters per second)

0.03

River width in m

Total number of floating waste

Larger Microplastics per 1,000 liters of river water

Larger Microplastics per m² of the riverbank

82.6

Clajus Team 2022

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