PHAGE THERAPY AND ANTIBIOTIC USE IN AQUACULTURE

TECHNOLOGY Aquaculture Chemicals pollution reduction Prevention Solution Scope: Innovative methods of aquaculture Target Contaminant: Chemicals (& antibiotics) Solution Provider or Contact Point: Aquatic Biologicals    Project: AQUATIC BIOLOGICALS – Eco-Friendly Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture Health ITS Description: Aquatic Biologicals is developing sustainable and alternative methods to replace inorganic antibiotic and disinfectant products in aquaculture for preventing or treating bacterial diseases. …

DEVELOPING A HOLISTIC ZERO POLLUTION FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE THE PROCESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING ZERO POLLUTION IN EUROPEAN SEAS

POLICY Wastewater and Solid Waste Treatment microplastic AND CHEMICAL pollution reduction PreventionMinimizationElimination and RemediationMonitor and control Solution Scope: Policy Framework (Local & Regional Authorities) Target Contaminant: Microplastics and Chemicals Solution Provider or Contact Point: MaREI (Marine Renewable Energy Ireland)   Project: SOS-ZEROPOL2030 – Source to Seas – Zero Pollution 2030 ITS Description: This ITS is the specific result of an in-progress …

BIODEGRADABLE FISHING NETS BASED ON MONOFILAMENT AND MULTI-FILAMENT

TECHNOLOGY PLASTIC INDUSTRY plastic pollution reduction and others PREVENTION Solution Scope: Development of biobased and/or biodegradable materials  Target Contaminant: Plastics & Other Litter (Fishing gear) Solution Provider or Contact Point: University of Southern Brittany (ComposiTIC & Lab-STICC),  NaturePlast   Project: INdIGO – INnovative fIshing Gear for Ocean ITS Description: The ITS is a direct result of the EU-funded INdIGO …

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIO-BASED PLASTICS FROM AQUATIC/ORGANIC BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE AGRICULTURAL FEEDSTOCKS

TECHNOLOGY Plastics Industry plastic pollution reduction and others Prevention Solution Scope: Development of bio-based and/or biodegradable material Target Contaminant: Plastics & Other Litter (Fishing gear) Solution Provider or Contact Point: Commissariat à L’Energie Atomique et Aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA) & Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des composites (IPC)  Project: SEALIVE – Strategies of circular Economy and …

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FOR OCEAN LITERACY AGAINST WATER POLLUTION

SOCIAL Wastewater and Solid Waste Treatment plastic pollution reduction AND OTHERS PreventionMinimizationElimination and RemediationMonitor and control Solution Scope: Citizen Involvement (Ocean Literacy) Target Contaminant: Plastics & Other Litter  Solution Provider or Contact Point: SUBMON Project: EDUCAMARES – Awareness and environmental education about the Natura 2000 Marine Network ITS Description: The solution implemented by the EDUCAMARES project involved an educational initiative …

DEVELOPMENT OF BIO-BASED ROPE PROTOTYPES FOR USE IN MUSSEL AND SEAWEED CULTURE IN AN INTEGRATED MULTI-THROPHIC AQUACULTURE APPROACH

TECHNOLOGY Aquaculture Plastic pollution reduction PREVENTION Solution Scope:Development of bio-based and/or biodegradable material Target Contaminant: Plastics Solution Provider or Contact Point: ITSASKORDA & AZTI  Project: BIOGEARS – Biobased gears as solutions for the creation of an eco-friendly offshore aquaculture sector, in a multitrophic approach, and new biobased value chains ITS Description: The solution providers have developed …

CITY NETWORK FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ZERO WASTE ACTION PLANS

GOVERNANCE Wastewater and Solid Waste Treatment PLASTIC pollution reduction PreventionMinimizationElimination and RemediationMonitor and control Solution Scope: ALL Target Contaminant: Plastics Solution Provider or Contact Point: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Mediterranean Project: https://plasticsmartcities.org/mediterranean/ (MED); https://plasticsmartcities.org/izmir/  (TR) ITS Description: The WWF’s Plastics Smart Cities initiative is dedicated to tackling plastic pollution in urban areas and supporting cities …