The discharge of certain amounts of industrial microplastic from a production plant into the River Danube is permitted by the Austrian legislation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 200, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-160

  Lechner, Aaron ^a   Ramler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conservation; Freshwater; Industrial microplastic; Plastic litter; Stream pollution

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MICROPLASTIC; POINT SOURCES; PRODUCTION PLANT; RIVER DANUBE; RUNNING WATERS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLASTIC WASTE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRIA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RIVER; SPILLAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDUSTRY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRIA; DANUBE RIVER;

AUSTRIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRY; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84923805728     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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