AUSMAP Past Media Coverage | Australian Microplastic Assessment Project

PAST MEDIA COVERAGE

We lovE the opportunity to raise awareness
about microplastics in the environment
& THE aUSMAP program.

View the AUSMAP features in the press from 2018 - 2021 below!

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2021

Date	Media	Article
15/11/2021	Ocean Protect Podcast	The Australian Microplastic Assessment Project with Dr Michelle Blewitt & Dr Scott Wilson (Part 2 of 2)
08/11/2021	Ocean Protect Podcast	The Australian Microplastic Assessment Project with Dr Michelle Blewitt & Dr Scott Wilson (Part 1 of 2)
31/10/2021	Daily Telegraph	Microplastics warning: Health impacts of inhaling and ingesting particles
23/10/2021	The Weekender Australian	Plastic Planet
22/10/2021	The Australian	Are microplastics making us sick?
08/10/2021	Eco Voice	AUSMAP, a national citizen science microplastic project, wins 2021 Eureka Prize!
07/10/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Childhood vaccine, microplastics hotspot hunt take top science gongs
08/07/2021	Press Reader	The Future: How to not repeat plastic mistakes of the past
05/07/2021	Northern Beaches Advocate	Lagoon choking in plastic
01/07/2021	Angela Fedele Protect	Podcast: Microplastics and Ocean Pollution with Dr Michelle Blewitt
22/04/2021	Tuoitre News Vietnam	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
22/04/2021	VNExplorer Vietnam	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
22/04/2021	DevDiscourse	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Yahoo News UK	Aussie 'citizen scientists' hunt for microplastics
21/04/2021	Portfolio Profiting	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Investing.com	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Reuters	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Head Topics US	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Sinful Trades	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Grenfell Online News	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Yahoo News USA	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Today Headline	Australia enlists amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	ABC Spain	Un estudio australiano calcula que unos 12 millones de toneladas microplásticos se filtran cada año en los oceános
21/04/2021	247 News Around The World	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Nasdaq	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Finance Expert	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	Tienphong News Vietnam	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	News Block	Australian academics recruit amateur scientists to study microplastics
21/04/2021	New York Post	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
20/04/2021	World Fish News	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
20/04/2021	Wimz	Australian academics enlist amateur scientists to study microplastics
15/04/2021	Australian Leisure Magazine	NSW Planning Minister to investigate alternatives to synthetic grass
11/04/2021	Climate Action Moreland	Synthetic Turf and the Tragedy of the Commons in Moreland
31/03/2021	Sound Telegraph, WA	Nurdles a concern in Safety Bay
29/03/2021	Cottesloe, WA	Citizen science plastic drive coming to Cott
25/03/2021	Yahoo News AU	Disturbing discovery inside popular supermarket product
24/03/2021	Yahoo News AU	'Wheels, tyres and a tank': Tourist beach littered with flood debris
22/03/2021	Eco Voice	Local heroes work with the ‘Australian Microplastic Assessment Project’ to save Australian shorelines
16/03/2021	The Bugle	Kiama to help research on plastic pollution
14/03/2021	Sun Herald	Fake grass not green: impact study ordered
08/03/2021	ABC News	Sydney beaches and rivers contain high levels of microplastics, scientists find
06/03/2021	Waverley Council	Waverley Council joins fight against microplastics

2020

Date	Media	Article
04/12/2020	Coca Cola Australia	How AUSMAP and Coca Cola Australia Foundation are tackling microplastic pollution
06/10/2020	ABC Radio	14 million tonnes of microplastics believed to be at bottom of ocean
24/06/2020	Northern Beaches Council	National citizen science project to reduce plastic pollution in Dee Why
21/01/2020	ABC Radio AM with David Sparkes	Big plastics, little plastics and the microfibres you've been pumping into the ocean
21/01/2020	ABC Radio RN Breakfast	Invisible to the naked eye, microfibres are damaging the environment
18/11/2020	Australian Leisure Magazine	Sydney’s Northern Beaches has won the prestigious Keep Australia Beautiful NSW 2020 Sustainable Cities Award

2019

Date	Media	Article
07/11/2019	ABC Radio Far North Queensland	Wet Tropics Forum
07/11/2019	Wet Tropics Healthy Waterways	Entsch opens inaugural forum on emerging waterway issues
16/10/2019	4CA 846AM Radio Cairns	Breakfast with Murray Jones
23/09/2019	Yahoo News	The 'pretty scary' truth about a common household chore
08/07/2019	ABC Radio Perth	Breakfast with Russell Woolf
01/06/2019	AAEE Newsletter	Learning by doing: Citizen science helping microplastic pollution
12/04/2019	The Standard	Workshop to train nurdle and microplastic hunters in Warrnambool
01/02/2019	The Daily Telegraph	Plastics poisoning Sydney’s beaches and waterways
11/02/2019	ABC Education	Top 10 things you can do to help conserve Australia’s biodiversity
04/01/2019	The Leader	Sharks need a cleaner ocean environment
09/08/2019	Yahoo News	Strangled turtle caught up in 1.2 tonnes of plastic found on Queensland beach
25/07/2019	Yahoo News	Push for ban after beaches covered in 'potentially deadly' plastic balls
23/07/2019	Yahoo News	Dumped furniture on the brink of causing environmental disaster at NSW beach
05/06/2019	Phillip Island and San Remo Advertiser	Microplastics spread on Phillip Island (pdf - 1.7Mb)
13/05/2019	ABC News	AUSMAP's war on microplastic pollution enlists foot soldiers from all over Australia
13/05/2019	Planet Ark	Australian volunteers enlisted for war on microplastic pollution
	Conservation Volunteers Australia	National Recycling Week with a Corporate Clean Up Day at Rose Bay

2018

Date	Media	Article
22/11/2018	Conservation Volunteers Australia	National Recycling Week with a Corporate Clean Up Day at Rose Bay
01/06/2018	EastSide FM Radio	Scott Wilson talked to Ruth Hessey on Monday Drive
01/06/2018	EastSide FM Radio	Fiona McCrossin talked to Ruth Hessey on Monday Drive

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PAST MEDIA COVERAGE

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2019

2018

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PAST MEDIA COVERAGE

We lovE the opportunity to raise awareness about microplastics in the environment & THE aUSMAP program. View the AUSMAP features in the press from 2018 - 2021 below! Would you like to feature AUSMAP?

2021

2020

2019

2018

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We lovE the opportunity to raise awareness
about microplastics in the environment
& THE aUSMAP program.

View the AUSMAP features in the press from 2018 - 2021 below!

Would you like to feature AUSMAP?