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title: "Data requested for a repository on plastic pollution projects in the Antarctic"
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# Data requested for a repository on plastic pollution projects in the Antarctic

![SCAR Plastic AG](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Logos/SCAR_Plastic-AG.jpg)  
The SCAR [Plastic in Polar Environments Action Group](https://www.scar.org/science/plastic/home/) (Plastic-AG) is requesting data from national and international projects focused on plastic pollution in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions for an open access repository. The repository file will be made available on the SCAR Plastic-AG website.

 The initiatives’ aims, as stated on the website, are to: “examine the presence, origin and biological effects of macro-, micro- and nanoplastics; quantify the scale of the problem; and propose solutions for minimising the environmental risk and impacts on Polar ecosystems”.

 Contributors are asked to fill in a [short form](https://www.scar.org/images/x_group_docs/SCAR_PLASTIC_PROJECT_TEMPLATE_F1.xlsx) including details of their ongoing and past project(s) on Antarctic/sub-Antarctic plastics and submit it to SCAR Plastic-AG. 

 Further information on the initiative and how to submit your data can be found at the [SCAR Plastics-AG website](https://www.scar.org/scar-news/plastic-news/project-repository/). The deadline for submissions is 30 November.

 Plastic Pollution is a burgeoning environmental issue and is the theme ACAP has chosen to highlight for the fourth World Albatross Day to be marked on 19 June 2023. The globally Endangered [Northern Royal Albatross](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-royal-albatross-diomedea-sanfordi) *D. sanfordi*, endemic to New Zealand, and the abundant and widespread [Black-browed Albatross](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22698375) *Thalassarche melanophris*are two albatross species being featured to highlight 2023's theme and range in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic (though rarely for the Northern Royal) waters.

 *16 November 2022*