H2O Biofouling Solutions is proud to collaborate with this EU Horizon 2020 project!
The EU Horizon 2020 project “In-No-Plastic” (Innovative approaches towards prevention, removal, and reuse of marine plastic litter) started in 2020 and is finishing at the end of March 2024. The project, coordinated by the National Research Institute SINTEF based in Norway, aims at designing and implementing nano, micro and macro-plastic cleaning technologies based on a combined methodology of social and technical removal strategies. The project will focus on industrial hotspots through cooling water systems (CWS), harbours, lagoons, shores and shallow sea water.
The technical strategy consists of the comparison between existing methods and multiple developing technologies for the removal of plastics at different testing areas in Europe, and the Caribbean, with the idea to be mirrored in other areas.
In-No-Plastic gathers 17 partners from 10 countries and has a life span of 42 months. It will also investigate different recycling methods, aiming to connect plastic removal with circular economy processes and, therefore, close the loop. Besides Norwegian SINTEF, in the project participate five partners from the Netherlands (BlueXprt, H20, DOW Benelux, FishFlow, and Uniper), three from Croatia (Ponikve, Sensum, and Probotica), EDF from France, Empower from Norway, ArcelorMittal Belgium from Belgium, Venice Lagoon Plastic Free from Italy, The Rivers Trust from the UK, NB from Germany, Polytechnic University of Bucharest from Romania and Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance from Bonaire.
For more information https://www.innoplastic.eu/
