Objective
The overall vision of INTERWASTE is to develop scientific understanding of issues related to environmental contamination with toxic organic chemicals (specifically flame retardants (FRs) and pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs)) arising from their presence in the waste stream. Specific research objectives include: (a) exchange of knowledge of and best practice in methods for rapid and cost-effective identification of waste items containing restricted FRs; (b) developing scientific understanding of environmental contamination due to processing of waste items containing FRs; and (c) furthering understanding of the sources of PPCPs and FRs in the sewerage system. To facilitate such research on the global level required, INTERWASTE will exchange best practice in the analytical chemistry techniques required to study FRs and PPCPs, and evaluate the measurement capability of INTERWASTE participants via an interlaboratory comparison. INTERWASTE's vision will be achieved via a co-ordinated programme of collaboration and research secondments between world-leading research groups both within and outside the EU; coupled with annual workshops to discuss the latest findings. The research programme will exploit the complementary expertise of the consortium members, and in so doing foster synergies. Cross-sectoral interaction and knowledge sharing will be achieved via the participation of beneficiaries and partner organisations from both academic and non-academic sectors. All secondments and workshops will be conducted within a framework designed to maximise the training and career development benefits to participating staff by providing them with opportunities for knowledge and skills acquisition, with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on early career researchers. INTERWASTE's research and training programme is complemented by communication activities that will both disseminate project findings to scientific stakeholders, and engage the general public.
Fields of science
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistry
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiology
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes
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Coordinator
B15 2TT Birmingham
United Kingdom
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Participants (9)
2000 Antwerpen
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BA2 7AY Bath
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28006 Madrid
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43003 Tarragona
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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10691 Stockholm
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601 77 Brno
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0855 Oslo
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120 00 Praha
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Partners (17)
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305 8506 Tsukuba
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100084 Beijing
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510640 Guangzhou
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C1425FQB Buenos Aires
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M9P 3V6 Toronto
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M5S 1A1 Toronto
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K1A 0H3 Gatineau
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47402 Bloomington
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95814 2828 Sacramento
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234 Lagos
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3630 Westville
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0082 Pretoria
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R3T 2N2 Manitoba
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N/A Hong Kong
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403 004 Panaji
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4072 Brisbane
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Cartagena De Indias
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