Advanced Settings

Rescaling Settings




Select the measured characteristic of your particles over which to normalize. Note: if inputting a study media, options include 'marine surface', 'marine sediment', 'freshwater surface', 'freshwater sediment', 'biota', and 'effluent.' If known particle characteristic is length, 'drinking water' is an additional option.

Alpha Value Calculation



'jenks' bins data via natural break classification from inherent groups within the data (see Jenks Natural Breaks Algorithm). 'quantile' provides quantile breaks. 'equal' divides the range into 'n' parts. 'sd' creates classes proportionate to the standard deviation of the data provided

If you do not have a polymer identification for every particle, this option will create a weighted average of polymer densities for a given morphology, and apply this average density to particles of unknown polymer type within that morphology. You may also choose to weight by sample, or to not wieght by individual morphology type.
Options for rescaling and mass conversion techniques.

Data Summary

Cleaned Data

Material Terms

Morphology Terms

Material Plot

Morphology Plot



Overview


Trash Taxonomy website is a portal for relational tables that relate trash survey nomenclature. It includes 7 relational tables and a tool that can be used to query the relational tables with trash survey sheets. This tool was developed by collating and comparing categories and terms used from over 50 commonly used in trash survey sheets.
We are grateful for the funding for this project provided by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program, and the Benioff Ocean Initiative


About the Relational Tables


These relational tables describe alias relationships (words that mean the same thing) and hierarchical relationships (words that are nested groups within one another). You can view or download these tables using the relational table tab above!


About the Query Tool


This tool queries the relational tables with an uploaded trash survey list. To use the tool, upload a csv file to the upload file tab. The file needs to be a csv with one column named -material- and another named -items-. The material should correspond to the item names in the same row.


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Citation


H. Hapich, W. Cowger, A. Gray, Jambeck Research Group. 2020. Trash Taxonomy. https://trashtaxonomy.shinyapps.io/trashtaxonomy/


Format Your Data


Describe your data to download a template, and view what data cleaning can be perfomed by MaTCH!

Choose Data Type

Known Data Characteristics

Advanced Data Characteristics

Data Template

Functions Available

Cleaning functions able to be performed by Match:

Citation: H. Hapich, W. Cowger, A. Gray, Jambeck Research Group. 2020. Trash Taxonomy. https://trashtaxonomy.shinyapps.io/trashtaxonomy/



View and Download Relational Tables




Materials Alias Table


This table describes the aliases that can be used to describe material types and links them to a key term. Each row represents a unique material and each column is an alias for that material.

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Materials Hierarchy Table


This table describes how the unique material types relate to one another in a hierarchical structure (ex: foam and rubber are a subset of plastic).

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Items Alias Table


This table describes the aliases that can be used to describe item types and links them to a key term. Each row represents a unique item and each column is an alias for that item.

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Items Hierarchy Table


This table describes how the unique items relate to one another in a hierarchical structure (ex: forks, knives, and spoons all fall under utensils).

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Material-Item Relational Table


This table relates the items, materials, and survey sheets used to make the other relational tables.

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Material-Density Relational Table


This table relates materials to all known material densities. Sources also displayed.

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Manufacturer Brand Relational Table


This table relates brand types to their respective manufacturer.

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Item-Brand Relational Table


This table relates brands to items.

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Misaligned Categories Table


This table displays all categories that did not fit our item-material framework.

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Color Alias


This table describes the aliases that can be used to describe particle colors. Each row represents a unique color and each column is an alias for that color.

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Citation


H. Hapich, W. Cowger, A. Gray, Jambeck Research Group. 2020. Trash Taxonomy. https://trashtaxonomy.shinyapps.io/trashtaxonomy/


Query the Relational Tables with Survey Sheets


Download Test Data


View Key Alias Matches


Citation: H. Hapich, W. Cowger, A. Gray, Jambeck Research Group. 2020. Trash Taxonomy. https://trashtaxonomy.shinyapps.io/trashtaxonomy/



Surveys for Download


View and download suggested trash and microplastic surveys to fit your study needs.

Citation: H. Hapich, W. Cowger, A. Gray, Jambeck Research Group. 2020. Trash Taxonomy. https://trashtaxonomy.shinyapps.io/trashtaxonomy/