Marine scientists use a variety of collection and monitoring methods to survey macrolitter in
aquatic environments, aiming to assess the level of pollution and design mitigation actions …

Multirotor drones can be efficiently used to monitor macro-litter in coastal and riverine
environments. Litter on beaches, dunes and riverbanks, along with floating litter on coastal …

The occurrence of litter in natural areas is nowadays one of the major environmental
challenges. The uncontrolled dumping of solid waste in nature not only threatens wildlife on …

In the context of marine litter monitoring, reporting the weight of beached litter can contribute
to a better understanding of pollution sources and support clean-up activities. However, the …

This baseline focuses on the octopus pot, a litter item found on the North Atlantic Iberian
coast. Octopus pots are deployed from vessels in ropes, with several hundred units, and …

Abstract In 2018, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Qatar removed 90 t of marine
litter (ML) from the Ras Rakan Island (RRI), a remote uninhabited island in the Arabian Gulf …

The detection of cherry tomatoes has a great significance for robotic harvesting. However,
uneven environment conditions, such as branch and leaf occlusion, cluster of fruits, and so …

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are reshaping many fields due to their end-to-end ability to
learn directly from data, leading to outstanding performance, especially in image processing …

In this study, different approaches for detecting of beach litter (BL) items in coastal
environments are applied: the direct in situ survey, an indirect image analysis based on the …

Cities are a major source of litter pollution. Determination of the abundance and composition
of plastic litter in cities is imperative for effective pollution management, environmental …