Plastic is pouring from land into our oceans at a rate of nearly 10 million tonnes a year. Once in the sea, plastics fragment into particles moving with the currents and ocean gyres before washing up on the coastline. The smaller the size the higher the risk posed by these particles to organisms and human health. EU-funded LABPLAS will develop new techniques and models for the quantification of small micro- and nano plastics (SMNP). Specifically, LABPLAS will determine reliable identification methods for more accurate assessment of the abundance, distribution, and toxicity determination of SMNP and associated chemicals in the environment. It will also develop practical computational tools to facilitate the mapping of plastic-impacted hotspots and promote scientifically sound plastic governance.
- Name of organisation
- LAnd Based solutions for PLAstics in the Sea Project (LABPLAS Project)
- Type of organisation
- Other
- Other type of organisation
- Research Project - funding received from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003954
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and waters
- List of Partners
Universidade de Vigo, Universidade da Coruña, Bundesanstalt fuer Gewaesserkunde, LABORATORIO IBERICO INTERNACIONAL DE NANOTECNOLOGIA, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL (GEOMAR), UK NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Sorbonne University), OPEN UNIVERSITEIT NEDERLAND, LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR OSTSEEFORSCHUNG WARNEMUNDE, ASSOCIACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DO ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE, BASF SE, GOUIN TODD, CONTACTICA SL, STICHTING EGI, STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT, Universidade Federal do Pará
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 5039333
- Basin coverage
- Baltic/North Sea
- Website link
- cynthia.gomez@uvigo.gal
- Country
- BelgiumBrazilFranceGermanyNetherlandsPortugalSpainUnited Kingdom