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Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England

These datasets provide the information submitted to government about single-use carrier bag charging in England, including the number and proceeds of single-use plastic carrier bags issued and...

Plastic ID Card System

Details of war pensioners plastic identity card and identification badges for Veterans Advisory and Pension Committee

Degradation efficiency, rate, and similarity to natural field-aged plastics of plastic mulch films exposed to four artificial methods

This dataset includes measurements of chemical and physical changes in both conventional and biodegradable mulch films subjected to different degradation treatments, alongside comparisons with...

Characterisation, minimum inhibitory concentration, thermotolerance and virulence of Candida isolated from environmental plastic pollution, Scotland, 2023

This dataset contains characterisation data, thermotolerance data, anti-fungal drug resistance data and virulence data of Candida isolates from different types of plastic pollution. Samples were...

Plastic litter data collected in transect surveys in Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, 2023

This dataset presents information on litter collected in 40 transects surveys conducted in rural, urban and protected areas on Santa Cruz island, Galápagos. Litter was collected between 8 and 18...

Crop and soil responses to repeated application of biodegradable and conventional plastic mulch, North Wales, UK, 2021-2024

This dataset contains a range of plant, soil, plastic and environmental measurements, which was collated over a 4-year period following a repeated field experiment. The data is to investigate the...

Soil and plant properties in a mesocosm experiment exposed to both new and aged plastic mulch film

This dataset comprises observations from treatments comparing conventional (LDPE) and biodegradable (PLA/PBAT) plastic mulch films in both new and field-weathered conditions. The dataset was...

Acid manipulation field experiment in North Wales and the Peak District (2015-2016): Litter decomposition, Tea Bag Index and pore water chemistry data

Data from an acidity manipulation field experiment for three treatment types: control, acid and alkaline. Each treatment type had four replications at two experimental site locations and two soil...

CLiP South Africa Microplastics in biota 2019

This dataset contains 3 csv files. One file (South_Africa_Biota_Microplastics.csv) reports the microplastic abundance in biota samples (anchovies, redeye round herring and sardines) collected and...

CLiP South Africa Microplastics in biota 2019

This dataset contains 3 csv files. One file (South_Africa_Biota_Microplastics.csv) reports the microplastic abundance in biota samples (anchovies, redeye round herring and sardines) collected and...

Needle's Eye Depth Core Ion Torrent FASTQ Data (NERC Grant NE/L000326/1)

Soil depth core collected from the Needle’s Eye site in Dumfries, Scotland. Clear plastic depth core was lowered into a bog within the site, excised, and capped at the top and bottom. Core was...

Needle's Eye Depth Core (Control) Ion Torrent FASTQ Data (NERC Grant NE/L000326/1)

Soil depth core collected from the Needle’s Eye site in Dumfries, Scotland. Clear plastic depth core was lowered into a bog within the site, excised, and capped at the top and bottom. Core was...

1995-2004 Southward et al. UK habitat and distribution of the warm-water barnacle Solidobalanus fallax (Crustacea: Cirripedia) records

New records are given of the occurrence of the warm-water barnacle Solidobalanus fallax in Britain and Europe. This barnacle is not found on rocks or stones, but settles on biological substrata,...

Degradation and microplastic generation, with associated soil properties and microbial communities, of mulch films exposed above and below ground over 12 months, North Wales, UK

This dataset contains measurements from a 12-month field experiment in the UK assessing the degradation, microplastic generation, and environmental impacts of seven plastic mulch films exposed...

Species point records from 1986 Portsmouth Polytechnic Kench (Langstone Harbour) survey

This study of the macrofauna of The Kench, a small embayment in the Hayling Island shore of Hayling Island, Hampshire, was commissioned by the Nature Conservancy Council in order to provide...

Habitat point records from 1986 Portsmouth Polytechnic Kench (Langstone Harbour) survey

This study of the macrofauna of The Kench, a small embayment in the Hayling Island shore of Hayling Island, Hampshire, was commissioned by the Nature Conservancy Council in order to provide...

Survey of opinions and behaviours regarding home composting, alongside experimental data for disintegration and degradation of compostable materials, UK, 2019-2023

This dataset is from a UK citizen science study called the Big Compost Experiment, and includes 1) Qualitative and numerical survey data from UK citizens about their opinions and behaviours towards...

Acquisitive crime and plastic card fraud: Findings from the 2008/09 British Crime Survey. Supplementary volume 3 to Crime in England and Wales 2008/09

Supplementary volume to Crime in England and Wales 2008/09.

Hydrological data from the Portoviejo River, Ecuador, 2021-2022

This dataset contains daily measurements of river flow velocity (m/s), river discharge (m3/s), river depth (cm), and river width (m) from the Portoviejo River, Ecuador, from years 2021 and 2022....

Temporal and geographic distribution of multidrug-resistant human bacterial pathogens in urban waste piles, Blantyre, Malawi, 2022-2023

This dataset contains information relating to the temporal and geographic distribution of clinically relevant bacterial pathogens on waste materials (plastics, fabrics, organics) within urban waste...