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The aim is to identify and evaluate reproducible methods for plastic pollution monitoring to enable consistent practices across studies.

Toward harmonised monitoring of plastic pollution: description of a systematic review to evaluate and apply reproducible methods

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The aim is to identify and evaluate reproducible methods for plastic pollution monitoring to enable consistent practices across studies.
Conducted a systematic review of plastic pollution monitoring methods from 1960 to 2021.
Categorised techniques into Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAPs) with six core steps.
Assessed each RAP using Technological Readiness Levels (TRLs) for maturity and suitability.
Identified robust monitoring methods that are inconsistently applied across studies.
Found significant underrepresentation of atmospheric plastics in monitoring efforts.
Highlighted the need for a global framework to guide method selection and implementation.

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Systematic review evaluates monitoring techniques for plastic pollution, suggesting a framework for global harmonisation.

Aliani et al. (2026) studied this question.

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