Litterbug | GLOBAL 2000 for Android

11 things about Litterbug | GLOBAL 2000

1. Since the project PlasticAlps focuses on plastic pollution in high alpine areas, the collaboration of the Litterbug App and PlasticAlps project enables the scientific investigation of the littering problem in the supposedly untouched high mountain ecosystems.

2. The PlasticAlps project, hosted by the University of Innsbruck at the Institute of Ecology (funded by the Austrian Exchange Service), aims to further strengthen this awareness together with the Austrian Alpine Club and nature lovers.

3. We are collecting data on plastic pollution in the alps in order to allow us to develop long-term solutions and raise awareness of a problem that has no borders.

4. The LitterBug App is an initiative of the environmental NGO GLOBAL 2000 in cooperation with both the Austrian Alpine Association Edelweiss and the Austrian Alpine Club.

5. With the app, citizen scientists can help collect data to help develop future solutions for the littering problem.

6. The users of the LitterBug app will receive information about potential hazards driven by the following litter categories: Plastics & Rubber, Metal, Glass & Ceramics, Electrics, Paper, Textiles, and Cigarettes.

7. The LitterBug app is designed within the framework/scope of a Citizen Science project to help identify waste hotspots.

8. If you are on a mountain hike and come across litter, you can become active as a citizen scientist, collecting and documenting it via the Litterbug App.

9. The data of the app will help us to get a better understanding of the littering problem and to find solutions for a better, cleaner future.

10. The GLOBAL 2000 Litterbug App is running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science Platform.

11. But how much litter is out there in our natural environment? This question was the driver for developing the GLOBAL 2000 LitterBug App.