News and Events
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EMEC25: Exploring green solvent-based recycling of riverine plastic waste
Read more: EMEC25: Exploring green solvent-based recycling of riverine plastic wasteAt the 25th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC25) in Chania, Crete, on November 23-25, Patrycja Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska (University of Gdańsk) presented the COP project’s latest research on innovative, greener approach to recycling riverine plastic waste. The poster,…
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New publication: A review of ocean-bound plastic from source to solution
Read more: New publication: A review of ocean-bound plastic from source to solutionUtilization routes of plastic waste from the marine environment: a review This review presents a comprehensive overview of the latest research conducted over the past five years in the monitoring, collection, cleaning,recycling, and valorization of marine plastic litter.…
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New study: Two years of daily river litter monitoring in Aarhus
Read more: New study: Two years of daily river litter monitoring in AarhusTwo years of daily monitoring of floating macro-litter at the River-Sea interface: Aarhus River, Denmark This study by our partners Mirco Haseler (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research) and Geraldo Mihut (Plast Center Danmark) has delivered the first…
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The Circular Ocean-bound Plastic (COP) project is dedicated to addressing the urgent issue of plastic pollution in the South Baltic Sea. The project will aim to identify challenges and opportunities for collecting, recycling, and reusing ocean-bound plastic waste.
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