Project SeaClear2.0 (Scalable Full-cycle Marine Litter Remediation in the Mediterranean: Robotic and Participatory Solutions) will develop a holistic approach to address the full cycle of marine litter. We aim to prevent and reduce marine litter pollution, particularly plastics and microplastics, in the Mediterranean through (i) Community activation, citizen empowerment, and participatory practices for identifying site-specific measures for marine litter prevention and reduction, (ii) Scaling up and demonstrating the SeaClear2.0 system, an innovative solution with teams of autonomous, intelligent robots for effective monitoring and collection of marine seafloor and surface litter, (iii) Providing solutions for valorization of the collected litter via better sorting and recycling, (iv) Adding novel dimensions in policy making by providing evidence for new legislation and the implementation of existing rules to achieve Good Environmental Status, and (v) Accelerating the uptake of our solution by demonstrating its scalability and replicability to the Mediterranean basin and beyond in three full-scale demonstrations, three pilot tests, and at least five associated regions.
- Name of organisation
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Type of organisation
- Research and academia
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversityPrevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and watersOcean and waters knowledge systemPublic mobilisation and engagement
- List of Partners
Regional Agency Dunea (Croatia), Fraunhofer (Germany), Hamburg Port Authority (Germany), ISOTECH Ltd (Cyprus), M.Danchor (Israel), Subsea Tech (France), Técnicas y Obras Subacuáticas (TECNOSUB) (Spain), Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany), University of Dubrovnik (Croatia), Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Veolia (France), and Venice Lagoon Plastic Free (Italy)
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 9086305
- Basin coverage
- Mediterranean Sea
- Website link
- socialmedia@seaclear-project.eu
- Country
- CroatiaCyprusFranceGermanyIsraelItalyNetherlandsRomaniaSpain
- Other country
- European Union