Plastic debris dataset on the Seine river banks: Plastic pellets, unidentified plastic fragments and plastic sticks are the Top 3 items in a historical accumulation of plastics

Romain Tramoy; Laurent Colasse; Johnny Gasperi; Bruno Tassin

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.01.045

Plastic debris dataset on the Seine river banks: Plastic pellets, unidentified plastic fragments and plastic sticks are the Top 3 items in a historical accumulation of plastics

Data Brief. 2019 Jan 22:23:103697. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.01.045. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Authors

Romain Tramoy¹, Laurent Colasse², Johnny Gasperi¹, Bruno Tassin¹

Affiliations

¹ LEESU (UMR MA 102, University of Paris-Est, AgroParisTech), University of Paris-Est Créteil, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France.
² SOS Mal de Seine NGO, France.

Abstract

Plastic pollution in oceans and rivers is of high concern because of its persistence in the environment and its potential impact on ecosystems. However, there is a specific lack of data in rivers. Here we present data from the Seine river banks in a historical polluted shore. Data were classified using international MSFD and OSPAR classifications. The sampled site is a quadrat of 1 m² located downstream in the estuary in a visual maximum along a 1 km shore covered by plastics. A total of 20,259 plastic debris were individually counted, classified and weighted by category for a total mass higher than 4 kg. Half of the plastic debris in number are represented by preproduction pellets.