We are very pleased to announce that Christine Johnson from Kurnell has been selected as the winner of the ANSTO Plastics Project research trip to Fiji. Christine has done an amazing job collecting over 4175 pieces of plastic in total, spending around 18 hours collecting samples. She went as far as logging reports from Hawaii and Vanuatu while on holiday. Congratulations Christine, you are an exceptional citizen scientist!
A very big thank you to Christine and everyone else who participated by becoming an ANSTO citizen scientist. You’re part of a committed team of more than 450 citizen scientists from across the Sutherland Shire who collected and logged over 20,000 pieces of plastic. Your involvement in this research provided us with local data to help us identify hot spots and build a better understanding of the potential impacts of plastic at the atomic level–particularly on marine life. Thank you for supporting our research.