DETECTION OF COASTAL MARINE LITTER USING DRONE DATA COMBINED WITH THE APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING METHODS

TECHNOLOGY Transversal plastic pollution reduction and others Monitoring and Control Solution Scope: Monitoring & Tracking Technologies (Aerial drones) Target Contaminant: Plastics & Other Litter (Beach litter) Solution Provider or Contact Point: SciDrones  Project: CMLO – Coastal Marine Litter Observatory ITS Description: The Coastal Marine Litter Observatory (CMLO) is a platform which detects, maps and monitors marine litter in the …

DEVELOPING CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME, TRAINING AND AWARENESS ON PLASTIC WASTE TO ENTERPRISES AND OTHER SECTORS

social PLASTIC INDUSTRY plastic pollution reduction MINIMISATION Solution Scope: Initiatives for the Private Sector (Certification Programme) Target Contaminant: Plastics Solution Provider or Contact Point: Plastics Industry Association (USA) – Plastics Europe & Association of European Plastics Converters Project: OSC – Operation Clean Sweep, https://opcleansweep.org (INT) and https://www.opcleansweep.eu (EU) ITS Description:  Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) is an industry-led and …

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 …

RECYCLING OF HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIALS

TECHNOLOGY Plastics Industry plastic pollution reduction and others Elimination and Remediation Solution Scope: Recycling systems for litter and/or waste (Hard materials)       Target Contaminant: Plastics and Other Litter Solution Provider or Contact Point: Gees Recycling Srl Project: MAELSTROM ITS Description: Through a recycling process, new life is provided to a wide array of plastics and organic material retrieved from the …

SUBMERSIBLE SAMPLER FOR NANOPLASTICS AND MICROPLASTICS IN NAUTILOS PROJECT

TECHNOLOGY transversal across sectors microplastic pollution reduction Monitoring and Control Solution Scope: Monitoring & Tracking Technologies (Water quality monitoring) Target Contaminant: Microplastics Solution Provider or Contact Point: SubCtech Project: NAUTILOS – New Approach to Underwater Technologies for Innovative, Low-cost Ocean obServation  ITS Description: This ITS responds to a R&I focus area of activity in monitoring & control of plastics pollution, …