WORK PACKAGES
The konsortium works on the following work packages (WPs)
WP 1: REGULATION AND SOCIETAL ACTIONS
Leader: DTU
Investigates:
Advantages and disadvantages of the many regulatory initiatives in Denmark, EU, OSPAR, HELCOM
How latest scientific knowledge can be used regulatory to reduce plastic pollution
Lokal
National
International
How regulation and thus social development are affected by the actors
how this has resulted in a national plastic action plan
how the industry develops strategies and frameworks to limit plastic pollution
Danish actors in an international context
Leader: AU
Investigates:
1. What is the magnitude of plastic pollution in Danish coastal and open waters and how much does the pollution vary between different areas?
2. Which are the most significant sources of plastic pollution in Danish coastal waters?
WP 2: ANALYTICAL METHODS
Leader: AAU
Investigates: How can analytical methods for quantification of plastic pollution be optimized, furthermore developed for nanoplastics?
Determines the number and polymer type
In addition also determine the particle mass and shape
We're going down
nano scale
WP 3: SOURCES AND DISTRIBUTION
WP 4: FATE AND BEHAVIOR
Leader: NatMus
Investigates: How plastic degrades
Degradation of plastic in the marine environment
Physical-chemical
Biological
MarinePlastic addresses realistic degradation in the environment
WP 5: ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS
Leader: RUC
Microplastic is absorbed in many places in the food chain
Which mechanisms do control the uptake, translocation and release of microplastic
Comparison of plastic when it is ‘freshly prepared’, broken down and biofilm greeted
WP 0: LEADERSHIP AND JOINT ACTIVITIES
Leader: AAU
MarinePlastic - The Danish center for research in marine plastic pollution
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