2018W ISCI 360 Project Part 2
Primitive Directory/Guide
Wastewater Treatment Plant is a stock that refers to the primary treatment process in WWTPs. (Units are in millions of suspected microplastics). While WWTP are efficient and effective at retaining MPs, WWTPs are a significant source of MPs in aquatic environments because so much wastewater is filtered.
Biologically Active Filter, BAF is a stock that refers to the secondary treatment process in WWTPs (and acts as a simplification for all the other elaborate processes going on during this step). This traps further MPs.
Population of Island Communities is a stock that refers to the amount of people in island communities in the Pacific.
Coral Reefs is a stock that refers to the abundance of coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. This is an estimation of the value as there is no value on this based in literature.
Plastic in Coral Reef Islands refers to the amount of suspected microplastics/plastic units in coral reef habitats (regardless if the reef dies or not)
Clean-Up refers to increased initiatives to reduce plastic in the Pacific Ocean and by Coral Reef Islands. These values were based off of current cleanup values multiplied by 10 to indicate a more environmentally focused world.
Reduce Demand for Plastic Straws refers to the variable in which we approximate that 10 people will use straws per year. While this may seem low, we are optimistic that demand will be reduced in future years!
Biologically Active Filter, BAF is a stock that refers to the secondary treatment process in WWTPs (and acts as a simplification for all the other elaborate processes going on during this step). This traps further MPs.
Clean-Up refers to increased initiatives to reduce plastic in the Pacific Ocean and by Coral Reef Islands. These values were based off of current cleanup values multiplied by 10 to indicate a more environmentally focused world.
Reduce Demand for Plastic Straws refers to the variable in which we approximate that 10 people will use straws per year. While this may seem low, we are optimistic that demand will be reduced in future years!