Talking Plastics in the Pub - Kangaroo Island, SA

AUSMAP presents "Talking Plastics in the Pub!"

Join us for the evening and hear from AUSMAP's Research Director Dr Scott Wilson as he discusses issues & management of microplastic in SA and nationally.

Dr Scott Wilson - AUSMAP Research Director 
Scott has over 20 years’ experience in studying the impacts of legacy and emerging contaminants to aquatic ecosystems and how best to manage and protect them. In the last decade he has focused on litter and plastics and since 2018 has been the Research Director of AUSMAP, assisting in the design and coordinating the sampling, analysis and data management for this nationwide citizen science program. Dr Scott has presented internationally on the topic of litter and the impact of plastics on our environment. Come and learn about AUSMAP's mission to put microplastics on the map and have your plastic pollution questions answered. 

We can't wait to see you there! 

Venue: Kangaroo Island Brewery, Kingscote
Time: 4 - 5 pm

Please book a table to stay for a bite to eat!

This is a free event - thanks to support of the Department of Environment and Water on behalf of the Government of South Australia - however, please register so we know how many we are expecting!

AUSMAP is 100% grant funded project - donations to support the ongoing development & delivery of AUSMAP are greatly appreciated. As a registered charity, all donations over $2 are tax-deductible.

About the AUSMAP Program

It’s hard to solve a problem you can’t see. Until recently microplastic pollution presented scientists with a crisis that was invisible to the naked eye. Now we have AUSMAP - the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project.

AUSMAP is a global first, nationwide citizen science that engages and educates the community to collect scientifically reliable data on microplastics from shorelines across the country – from coasts to catchments – to identify litter hotspots and assist in source reduction.

AUSMAP is a powerful management tool that forms the basis to develop and implement regional litter prevention strategies for stakeholders to use, and act on.  

We need to know how much is out there before we figure out what to do with it.  And we need large numbers of Australians to engage with behaviour change so we can stop any more plastic from entering our waterways and design effective mitigation strategies.

That’s why we need you in our AUSMAP collaborative citizen science project!

For more information, please contact events@ausmap.org
Look forward to seeing you!