Australian Wildlife Conservancy

The Development of a Method to Extract Microplastics from Guano

The Development of a Method to Extract Microplastics from Guano

Plastic has become the planet’s most ubiquitous form of modern pollution and microplastics are at the forefront of scientific interest and research combatting plastic pollution. Isabel Connell introduces her research into how she developed a non-invasive way of studying the effects of micorplastics by examining the guano of Australian seabirds.