Project description
Innovative plastic recovery strategies for aquatic ecosystems
Plastic waste severely impacts marine and local ecosystems, requiring innovative cleaning approaches. The EU-funded In-No-Plastic project will develop and demonstrate nanoplastic, microplastic and macroplastic cleaning technologies based on a combined methodology of social and technical removal strategies. The project will focus on industrial hotspots through cooling water systems, harbours, lagoons, shores and shallow sea water. The technical strategy consists of the comparison between existing methods and multiple developing technologies for the removal of plastics at different testing areas in Europe and the Caribbean. The social strategy focusses on the engagement of the local population by incentivising plastic recovery in return for monetary or another recompense. The project will also investigate different recycling methods, aiming to connect plastic removal with circularity.
Field of science
- /natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology/ecosystems
- /natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/hydrology/limnology
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-FNR-2020-1
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
7034 Trondheim
Norway
Participants (16)
0584 Oslo
1000 Brussel
10000 Zagreb
51500 Krk
51000 Rijeka
75008 Paris 08
48599 Gronau
30121 Venezia
7523XC Enschede
4542 NM Hoek
1671 NG Medemblik
6680 AB Bemmel
3068 AX Rotterdam
412 Kralendijk
060042 Bucharest
PL17 8PH Callington Cornwall