ABOUT THE PROJECT
Marine plastic pollution is one of the fastest growing environmental problems of our time.
Between 60 and 80% of today’s global marine litter is comprised of plastic and 4-12 million tons are released annually into the marine environment.
Use of plastic in the society
Use of plastic
Waste
Wrong waste management
Visible plastic waste in the seas
Degradation
factors and time horizon
Direct discharge of microplastic
Microplastic in the
marine environment
Environmental effects
Regulations
and circular economy
Interaction with animals
Macroscopic effects on animals
Regulation of
waste management
and recycling
Uptake in marine organisms
Effects on marine species?
Effects on marine ecosystems?
Regulation of use of plastic
Regulation of discharge of microplastic
MAIN GOALS:
MarinePlastic II. has an
ambitious environmental
mission, and aims to help
today´s drowning plastic
pollution problem
MarinePlastic II. will
strengthen the status
of Danish research
in an international
context
MarinePlastic II. gathers the
Danish research intitutes
from different fields to
create groundbraking
research
MarinePlastic II. will
utilise the knowledge
by proposing social
solutions and integrate
decision makers
Funded by VELUX FONDEN and led by Roskilde University, this interdisciplinary consortium brings together experts from Aarhus University, Aalborg University, Technical University of Denmark to assess plastic pollution. The project focuses on advancing regulations and facilitating a transition to a circular economy, developing innovative methods for nanoplastic detection, and enhancing our understanding of the impacts of nanoplastics and associated chemical additives on marine ecosystems. The overarching mission is to leverage scientific insights to propose solutions, engaging decision-makers and integrating societal needs to shape future research and policy measures.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES
most stages of the entire plastic cycle:
THE CONSORTIUM AND WORK PACKAGES
Fulfilling the goals requires that societal development form the point of departure for future research focus and that future policy measures on the other hand learn from scientific state of the art. The research strategy for the MarinePlastic center takes this approach by having work package (WP) 1 addressing regulatory and societal change and providing input and feedback to WP 2-5, which then address the major scientific uncertainties within the areas: detection, abundance, fate and impact of marine plastic pollution.
MarinePlastic II - The Danish center for research in marine plastic pollution
The project is supported by
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