Rural plastic emissions into the largest mountain lake of the Eastern Carpathians.

ABSTRACT: The lack of proper waste collection systems leads to plastic pollution in rivers in proximity to rural communities. This environmental threat is more widespread among mountain communities which are prone to frequent flash floods during the warm season. This paper estimates the amounts of plastic bottles dumped into the Izvoru Muntelui lake by upstream rural communities. The plastic pollution dimension between seasonal floods which affected the Bistrita catchment area during 2005-2012 is examined. The floods dumped over 290 tonnes of plastic bottles into the lake. Various scenarios are tested in order to explain each amount of plastic waste collected by local authorities during sanitation activities. The results show that rural municipalities are responsible for 85.51% of total plastic bott

SUBMITTER: Mihai FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5990797 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature