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Trash Data Treasure Trove
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This is a data repository description covering datasets on trash, microplastics, plastic pollution, resource consumption, waste policy, and waste management for use in environmental research. The resource is designed to support efforts to reduce plastic pollution in the environment.
Data on trash, microplastics, plastic pollution, resource consumption, waste policy, and waste management. Anything that helps us fight trash in the environment.
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