Projet LimnoPlast (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Microscopic plastic debris, so-called microplastics (MP), pose a global challenge. As most plastic is produced and used inland, the considerable lack of knowledge on their sources and impacts in freshwater ecosystems inhibits effective mitigation measures. To meet this challenge, LimnoPlast will for the first time bring together environmental, technical, and social sciences with the vision to transform a new understanding of freshwater MP to innovative solutions. LimnoPlast will: - Train a new type of scientists able to tackle the complex plastics issue holistically and contribute to Europe’s innovation and Circular Economy capacity. Working at the interface of three usually very distant disciplines, they will promote a step change in how we deal with this and future environmental challenges. - Provide the first comprehensive assessment of the sources and impacts of freshwater MP based on the analysis of three major urban areas as hotspots of plastic pollution. - Innovate technological solutions to the plastics issue, including novel processes to remove MP from municipal and industrial wastewater as well as bio-degradable, environmentally sound polymers. - Promote societal change by understanding the economic, legislative and social context of freshwater MP. - Transform science into a set of specific solutions, including (I) the prioritization of actions based on the sources and impacts of MP, development of (II) better processes and polymers, (III) risk communication strategies and societal interventions, (IV) effective policy and legislative interventions. - Transfer the LimnoPlast outcomes to European decision makers, stakeholders and the public to enable and promote action on freshwater MP using an innovative communication and dissemination strategy.

Mots clés : microplastic, freshwater ecosystems, aquatic ecology, public health, harmonisation of methods, biopolymers, risk communication, environmental policy, environmental law

Participants :
- University of Vienna (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 220172.7 €
- University of Bergen (Norvège) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 292342.32 €
- École nationale des ponts et chaussées (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 549604.08 €
- Aalborg University (Danemark) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 297522.0 €
- University of Plymouth (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 50528.76 €
- University of Bayreuth (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 505576.8 €
- Evonik (Germany) (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 252788.4 €
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norvège) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 584684.64 €
- National Institute of Chemistry (Slovénie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 239956.92 €
- Fraunhofer Society (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 252788.4 €
- HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 252788.4 €
- University of Gothenburg (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 281982.96 €
- Syndicat interdépartemental pour l'assainissement de l'agglomération parisienne (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265619.88 €