Project description
Sources and solutions for freshwater microplastics
Microplastics pose a major global threat, but are generally poorly understood. Mostly, plastic enters fresh water sources inland, but almost nothing is known about how and where this occurs. This prevents authorities from managing or mitigating the problem at its source. The EU-funded LimnoPlast project is addressing this issue with a four-pronged approach: data assessment, training, technological solutions and behaviour change. The project will analyse the sources and impacts of freshwater microplastics, and train scientists at the coal-face of the microplastics issue. The goal is to develop innovative solutions to remove microplastics from the environment, and find environmentally-friendly polymers. Finally, the project will promote communication and policy interventions to address the problem of microplastics at the system level.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsfreshwater ecosystems
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training Networks
Coordinator
95447 Bayreuth
Germany
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Participants (13)
9220 Aalborg
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77455 Marne La Vallee Cedex 2
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45128 Essen
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80686 Munchen
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04109 Leipzig
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1000 Ljubljana
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7491 Trondheim
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75589 Paris
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405 30 Goeteborg
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5020 Bergen
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PL4 8AA Plymouth
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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1010 Wien
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