CleanUP! Umweltschutz-AG

17 October 2022

Weiße Elster

Gera, Schlachthofsteg

Location coordinates: 50.868025 12.076002

Group A

Average waste per m² in all riverside zones

0.65

Foreshore (Average waste per m²)

0.28

Backshore (Average waste per m²)

0.85

Riverbank crown (Average waste per m²)

0.8

Group B

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

907

Weight of all waste including plastic in kg

6.65

Group C

Flow velocity of the river (meters per second)

0.64

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

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