@GCRF project studying the effect, fate, and legacy of #plasticulture on soil health and food security in the UK, China, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Vietnam
Bangor, Wales
Joined March 2021
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📣 New method paper out on the extraction, quantification, and identification of #microplastic from soil - with video guide! 👩🏼🔬 Led by our amazing PhD student Siyang Ren.
Check it out here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
app.jove.com/t/67064/separat… – at Bangor, Wales
With all @GCRF @NERCscience funded #plastic projects coming to an end after 4 years, we come together this week at @Bruneluni to present main findings & discuss implications, policy & what lies ahead.
@PISCESnews @PP_Sci2Soln @SPACES__Project #3SIP2C – at Hillingdon, London
And a great overview by @PerrineFlorent about atmospheric deposition of #microplastics, their abundance, identification, and potential of moving through the soil profile in North Wales & our partner countries 🔎🌱 – at Sri Lanka
@Michaela_Reay presented her recently published work on how microbial degradation of #PHBV is limited by nutrient availability at high #plastic concentrations 🔎
#ICOMIN2025 – at Sri Lanka
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Amazing panel discussion hosted by Senal Weerasooriya, featuring Richard Evershed 🇬🇧, Xuejun Liu 🇨🇳, Ahmed Mosa 🇪🇬, and Mojith Ariyaratne 🇱🇰, discussing the challenges, risks, and future research directions of plastic in agroecosystems. – at Sri Lanka
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A great start to #ICOMIN2025 this morning: environmental ministers, coastal conservationists, councillor for agricultural research policy & researchers from several Sri Lankan universities provided insights into #plastic issues, policies, and current research in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 – at Sri Lanka
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Handover of the policy brief "Terrestrial Agricultural Plastic Usage in Sri Lankan Agriculture: Urgent Actions" to the Ministry of Environment
#ICOMIN2025 – at Sri Lanka
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Super excited to attend #ICONIM2025 today in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Hosted & organised by our Sri Lankan project partners, we're looking forward to a day full of great presentations, discussions, and policy exchange. – at Sri Lanka
📣 There is still time to submit an abstract to #ICOMIN2025 in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Facilitated by our project partners, this mini-conference will bring together international researchers, industry professionals & policymakers. Abstract deadline 🗓 3rd Feb ⬇️⬇️⬇️ – at Bangor, Wales
🎉 New paper out today, led by @martine_graf_, on the assessment of 4 artificial degradation methods for #LDPE & biodegradable #plastic mulch films according to efficiency, rate, and similarity to field aged plastic
Check it out #OpenAccess below
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doi.org/10.1007/s10924-024-0… – at Bangor, Wales
📣 New paper led by @Michaela_Reay on low molecular additives & metals in >50 #LDPE & biodegradable #plastic mulch films and their leachates, and the potential environmental burden this could place on agricultural farmland in China.
⬇️#OpenAccess here ⬇️
sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at Bangor, Wales
📢 Check out our newest paper led by @Michaela_Reay & @martine_graf_ on how nutrient availability limits microbial PHBV #microplastic degradation at high concentrations in soil in a mesocosm experiment
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pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti… – at Bangor, Wales
📣Check out our newest paper, led by @martine_graf_ , on how the application of LDPE, PLA/PBAT, and no #plastic mulch film affect N partitioning, plant development, & soil properties in a maize field experiment ⬇️⬇️⬇️
sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at Bangor, Wales
Following our global project meeting last week, we also had the pleasure to host some of our Sri Lankan & Chinese partners back at @BangorUni - with more partners from India & Sri Lanka expected in the next few months for more research exchange 🤓🥰 🇱🇰🇮🇳🇨🇳 – at Bangor, Wales
Welcoming all our #GCRF Agriplastic Project partners to our global meeting last week in London was an absolute pleasure ❤ Days full of great discussions, presentations & opportunities to connect 🇬🇧🇮🇳🇨🇳🇱🇰🇻🇳🇪🇬 Ready & set for the final leg of the project 💪🏻 – at London, England
Check out a new plastic podcast episode on #plastic in soil & the implications for agriculture - featuring two of our team members, Kai Wang & Xuejun Liu, as guests 🥳
pineforestpods.com/plastic-p… – at London, England
Come see us today at the #OpenFarmSunday at the Henfaes Research Centre 👩🏼🌾 Learn all about the ongoing research here at Bangor University, including our plastic research ❤ – at Aber, Wales
The maize seedlings in our field experiment are growing nicely 😍 We see a faster emergence rate for seedlings under LDPE and biodegradable #plastic mulch film compared to our control plots 🌱 – at Bangor, Wales
