Pressure - Litter (Rubbish)

Sources of litter:

  • Rubbish enters wetlands through inappropriate disposal and can come from land or boat sources
  • Car bodies, shopping trolleys and cans are all sinking rubbish while plastics, foams and cigarette butts are all forms of floating rubbish

Pressure (Source) indicators
Pressure indicator: number of stormwater inflows per km2 wetland
Pressure indicator:% of wetland adjoining urban land-use
Pressure indicator: ‘close vicinity’ population size
Pressure indicator: recreational usage index
Pressure (Direct) indicators
Currently under investigation

Last updated: 21 February 2012

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