Methodology to Study Plastic Transport Through Vegetated Channels

Observing the actual behaviour of floating plastic litter in the presence of vegetation in natural conditions should provide unique insights into the details of flow-biota-plastic interactions, needed for evaluating conceptual and numerical models.Therefore, a comprehensive approach to investigating the river plastic transport processes must include a description of various physical aspects.To address this, we propose a methodology encompassing in-situ measurements in a vegetated channel coupled with physical experiments in a controlled, fullscale laboratory channel.Both approaches will be used to prepare a numerical model and evaluate simulations of plastic transport.