ELIMINATING BEACH POLLUTION WITH DRONES

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ELIMINATING BEACH POLLUTION WITH DRONES
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• In some countries like the UK, charitable
  organizations have put their heads together to
  try and tackle the growing problem of plastics
  and other harmful detritus that ends up on its
  beaches.
• One charity has come up with the idea of using
  drone technology to help fight beach pollution,
  and their campaign enables ordinary members of
  the public to act as scientists and record
  valuable data.

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• How much of a problem is pollution for our
  beaches?
• Items like plastic fishing line, food containers
  bottles and straws to name but a few, have always
  shown up on our beaches, but research shows that
  in some parts of the world, the problem is
  growing at an alarming rate. Larger items such as
  childrens plastic toys and everyday household
  plastic items are also being washed up, and while
  so much garbage is unsightly, more importantly,
  it can be extremely dangerous for many marine
  creatures and birds. Animals and birds consume
  the plastic items in the mistaken belief that
  they are edible what happens then is that the
  plastic remains in their stomachs and makes them
  feel full, leading to a slow and painful death
  through starvation.

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• Humans alone are estimated to consume up to
  11,000 pieces of microplastics every year, and if
  the issue continues apace and nothing is done to
  help prevent the plastics in our oceans, then
  scientists estimate that that there will be many
  more millions of metric tonnes of plastic
  entering our oceans by the year 2025.
• How are drones being used to help eliminate beach
  pollution?
• With aerial photographs taken of shorelines,
  drones were initially used to survey the amounts
  of pollution found on beaches. This left them
  with thousands of images, and they soon realised
  that they would need help in identifying what was
  turning up in each image, and this was where Joe
  Public came in.

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• Charitable organizations have begun appealing to
  the public for their help in identifying and
  tagging types and locations of garbage and
  plastic waste from thousands of images. As
  technology continues to advance, software is
  being developed that will help scientists to
  understand more about where the plastic garbage
  and other marine litter has originated from, what
  materials its comprised of and how much of it is
  present. When members of the public tag plastic
  waste seen in any of the images taken by drones,
  it can help to teach computer programs to find
  plastics automatically.

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• Drones are very much in the public eye now, and
  while they often come under criticism when those
  operating them violate the regulations put in
  place by the FAA, or for their use in violent
  warfare, they have myriad uses which can be
  beneficial to the population. Locating and
  identifying beach pollution is just one profound
  way in which drones can help our planet, and when
  used correctly and for legitimate purposes, they
  can help us to change the world for the better.

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