Data underlying the publication: Flood induced buttertub spill reveals riverine plastic transport dynamics

During the July 2021 European floods approximately 8 million pieces of plastic dairy packaging were flushed from a severely damaged dairy processing facility located at the Vesdre river in Belgium. Some of these dairy packaging 'buttertubs' were ultimately flushed into the Meuse river and counted on riverbanks along the Dutch Meuse between July 2021 and July 2023. In addition to recording when and where they were found, some were collected for analysis on their development of mass over the two years between July 2021 - July 2023. The article attached to this dataset is called "Flood-induced buttertub spill reveals riverine plastic transport dynamics" and has the DOI 10.1186/s12302-024-00962-1. Dataset 1 contains the locations where buttertubs were found over the two years, with the location coordinates and sampled area of riverbank. Dataset 2 contains the mass analysis of the collected buttertubs before and after they were cleaned and dried. Dataset 3 contains pictures of the buttertubs analyzed for their mass prior to cleaning.

2021年7月欧洲洪灾期间，比利时韦斯特河（Vesdre river）沿岸一处严重受损的乳制品加工厂内，有约800万件塑料乳制品包装被洪水冲出并冲入河道。其中部分被称为黄油桶（buttertubs）的乳制品包装最终被冲入默兹河（Meuse river），并在2021年7月至2023年7月间被统计于荷兰境内的默兹河沿岸河岸区域。研究人员除记录了这些黄油桶的发现时间与点位外，还收集了部分样本，对其在2021年7月至2023年7月这两年间的质量变化情况展开分析。本数据集配套的学术论文题为《洪水引发的黄油桶泄漏揭示河流塑料输运动态》（Flood-induced buttertub spill reveals riverine plastic transport dynamics），其DOI为10.1186/s12302-024-00962-1。数据集1收录了两年间发现黄油桶的点位信息，包含河岸采样区域与位置坐标。数据集2收录了经清洁、干燥处理前后的收集所得黄油桶的质量分析数据。数据集3收录了清洁前开展质量分析的黄油桶实物照片。