CSIRO says plastic pollution on Australian beaches has dropped by a third—but has it really?Â
CSIRO says plastic pollution on Australian beaches has dropped by a third—but has it really? The staggering 29% drop, announced recently by CSIRO, is based on just two surveys taken a decade apart, often sampled from different sites. That’s like scooping water from a muddy creek once and then comparing that with water from a beach 10 years later. Concluding that the water is now cleaner ignores that you sampled different spots under different circumstances. Infrequent sampling, especially if earlier
4 April 2025