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Innovative approaches towards prevention, removal and reuse of marine plastic litter

Descrizione del progetto

Innovative strategie di recupero della plastica per gli ecosistemi acquatici

I rifiuti plastici esercitano un grave impatto sugli ecosistemi marini e locali, il che richiede approcci di pulizia innovativi. Il progetto In-No-Plastic, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà e dimostrerà tecnologie per la pulizia di nanoplastiche, microplastiche e macroplastiche sulla base di una metodologia combinata di strategie di rimozione sociali e tecniche. Il progetto si concentrerà sui punti caldi industriali attraverso sistemi di raffreddamento ad acqua, porti, lagune, coste e acque marine poco profonde. La strategia tecnica consiste nel paragonare i metodi esistenti e le molteplici tecnologie in fase di sviluppo per la rimozione delle plastiche in diverse aree di prova in Europa e nei Caraibi. La strategia sociale si concentra sul coinvolgimento della popolazione locale incoraggiando il recupero della plastica in cambio di ricompense in denaro o di altro tipo. Il progetto esaminerà inoltre i diversi metodi di riciclaggio con l’obiettivo di collegare la rimozione della plastica alla circolarità.

Obiettivo

In-No-Plastic’s goal is to develop and demonstrate nano-, micro, and macro-plastic clean-up technologies in the aquatic ecosystems.
The approach taken is a combination of social and technical removal strategies targeting the industrial hotspots through cooling water systems (CWS), harbours, lagoons, shores and the shallow sea water. The technical approach comprises of comparing the existing removal approaches (tendering), with multiple developing technologies at varying testing sites in Europe and in the Caribbean for the removal of nano/micro/macro-plastics. The approach entails a comprehensive monitoring system to gather data at frequencies of every 6 month for 2 years. This is done to understand the effectiveness of the new technologies and current clean-up approaches both in terms of cutting down plastic presence in the environment and its effects on the marine and local ecosystem. The technical approach will be a blueprint in establishing a coherent and synchronized system of cleaning, that is scalable and replicable.
The social strategy comprises of an incentive-based initiative that relies on a remote application. The focus is to get the local population involved by incentivising plastic pick-up in return for monetary gain or other rewards. With the plastic gathered at the demo sites, it is to be treated for reusability by investigating different recycling approaches. This would allow to close the loop and achieve circularity. The approaches include a.o. replacement of fossil fuels for a Steel Mill, where its produced syngas is sent to a chemical plant as raw material to produce chemicals.
The added value of the approach is the inter-connectedness of the processes in acquiring plastic waste and creating circularity in the value chain. The complementary consortium of 17 partners from 10 different countries, including 2 research organizations, 2 Government, 4 Industry End Users, 2 NGO, 7 SME of which 4 technology providers and 3 service providers.

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-FNR-2020

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Bando secondario

H2020-FNR-2020-1

Meccanismo di finanziamento

IA - Innovation action

Coordinatore

SINTEF AS
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 240 666,00
Indirizzo
STRINDVEGEN 4
7034 Trondheim
Norvegia

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Regione
Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag
Tipo di attività
Research Organisations
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 1 315 041,25

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