Microplastics

Microplastics

Polymer Kit 1.0: Reference materials to help standardize microplastics research

This project is creating an affordable set of environmentally relevant polymers that can be distributed to researchers to help standardize microplastics research. Uses for the polymers include creation of in-house reference libraries, calibration of instruments, and experiments.

Organized by American Chemistry Council

Collaborators

  • Brett Howard
    American Chemistry Council
    (Washington, DC, US)
  • Jennifer M. Lynch
    National Institute of Standards and Technology & Hawaii Pacific University Center for Marine Debris Research
    (Hawaii, US)
  • Kellie Teague
    Hawaii Pacific University Center for Marine Debris Research
    (Hawaii, US)
  • Raquel Corniuk
    Hawaii Pacific University Center for Marine Debris Research
    (Hawaii, US)

Timeline

Funding and polymers were received in June 2020; Polymer Kit 1.0 was completed and launched onto the market in November 2020.

Additional information

https://www.hpu.edu/cncs/cmdr/img/polymerkit1.0_marketingbrochure.pdf

Professional Presentations

Polymer Kit 1.0 – To Harmonize Plastic Pollution Research, Pacific Northwest Consortium on Plastics (virtual)

Polymer Kit 1.0 – Usefulness of Polymer Reference Materials in Marine Debris Analyses, SETAC North America (virtual)

Usefulness of Polymer Reference Materials in Marine Debris Analyses, PacifChem (virtual)

Published Papers

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