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Innovative Solutions for Plastic Free European Rivers

Description du projet

Une solution globale pour préserver l’avenir de nos rivières

Les rivières européennes étouffent, noyées dans les déchets, les macroplastiques et les microplastiques. Ces polluants menacent les écosystèmes aquatiques et compromettent les forces vives de nos continents. Dans ce contexte, le projet INSPIRE, financé par l’UE, rassemble 20 technologies révolutionnaires et actions stratégiques pour détecter, collecter et prévenir la prolifération des polluants. Il propose une solution globale de préservation de l’avenir de nos rivières. Ces innovations seront testées dans six cas d’utilisation, avec 26 partenaires issus du monde universitaire, de l’industrie et de la communication. INSPIRE pose les fondements de rivières plus propres, établissant une nouvelle norme pour la gestion de l’environnement.

Objectif

INSPIRE's main objective is to contribute to the drastic reduction of litter, macro and microplastics in European rivers in a holistic approach, by bringing together 20 technologies and actions for:
DETECTION of the pollution present in the river and at the riverbank,
COLLECTION of litter and macroplastics at the river bank and litter, macro and microplastics in the river,
PREVENTION of litter, macro and microplastics to enter the river by collecting it from its waste stream before it can enter the river and by developing biodegradable alternatives for currently non-degradable polluting products, to avoid they will further be used and arrive in the river as litter. Six use case are defined in INSPIRE to install and test the technologies and actions, to model the processes related to the water purification activities, to obtain 7 well defined solutions at detection, collection or prevention level and combinations thereof. The technical feasibility is backboned by a techno-economical analysis with the development of business cases for the solutions, action plans towards upscaling and replication and together with mapping and modelling all elements are brought together to develop a Master Plan for tackling the challenges of the mission and contributing to the objectives of the mission. The INSPIRE project will be very visible due to its well developed dissemination and communication plan and strategy for community engagement. Apart from the general dissemination and communication tools and activities, specific activities will be setup on festivals, promoting 100% biodegradable products as a result of INSPIRE.
INSPIRE's consortium is composed of 26 partners with complementary expertise and a good balance of academia, industry, communication specialists and soft skills organisations is obtained, who all together will work towards the target of having a number of successful solutions that can find their way to the market and put INSPIRE on the radar.

Coordinateur

VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR DE ZEE
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 937 450,00
Adresse
JACOBSENSTRAAT 1
8400 OOSTENDE
Belgique

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Région
Vlaams Gewest Prov. West-Vlaanderen Arr. Oostende
Type d’activité
Research Organisations
Liens
Coût total
€ 937 450,00

Participants (25)