The Florida Microplastic Awareness Project (FMAP) is a citizen-science project that was funded in 2015 by an outreach and education grant from NOAA's Marine Debris Program. Volunteer citizens are collecting coastal water samples, filtering them and looking for microplastics. There are multiple ways to get involved and help raise awareness about microplastics in our waters and help keep them clean. The simplest way is to take a pledge to reduce your plastic waste. You can also volunteer to help collect data about plastics in our local waterways, or to help teach others about microplastics.
Program name
Florida Sea Grant
Location
Florida
State
Florida
Purpose
Citizen scientists collect and analyze water samples from around the state for the presence of microplastics (also tied to an outreach component to have people reduce plastic waste).
Project Topics
Microplastics/Debris
Project Website
