The Universitat Jaume I and the IMEDMAR Institute of the Catholic University of Valencia are jointly researching the biodegradation of plastics in the real marine environment of the Mediterranean coast



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## The Universitat Jaume I and the IMEDMAR Institute of the Catholic University of Valencia are jointly researching the biodegradation of plastics in the real marine environment of the Mediterranean coast

21/07/2020 |
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The Polymers and Advanced Materials Group (PIMA) of the Universitat Jaume I and the IMEDMAR-UCV University Institute have formalised the close collaboration they have maintained for some time in research on the interaction of plastic materials with the marine environment by signing a collaboration agreement. The aim of this agreement is to establish a framework for collaboration that will enable tests to be carried out to evaluate how polymeric materials evolve in the marine environment in order to establish, for example, whether they are biodegradable, in what time frame and under what conditions, and whether they interact in any way with the rest of the marine flora and fauna.

The PIMA group is expert in the study and development of biodegradable plastic materials, as well as in the analysis of the biodegradation of plastics in different environments. On the other hand, IMEDMAR focuses on the study of marine biology and, specifically, on the Mediterranean coastal environment. The IMEDMAR-UCV institute has a unique underwater installation in which the different materials under study can be located in order to analyse how these plastics evolve over time and how they interact with the real ecosystem.

This line of research, led by José Gámez and Luis Cabedo at the UJI, and José Rafael and José Tena from the IMEDMAR-UCV; is currently very relevant given the problem associated with waste plastic materials and how these affect the marine environment. In this sense, the UJI has been working for years on the development of new biodegradable plastic alternatives with the capacity to biodegrade in the environment to replace conventional plastic materials. Joint research under the agreement will make it possible to study how the biodegradation of these new plastics takes place in a real marine environment, what their mechanism is and what their effects on the ecosystem are. For example, new materials developed within the framework of the European "Ypack" project in which the UJI is participating are already being analysed in this way. The real marine biodegradation of the biodegradable FFP2 masks that are being developed in the framework of a project financed by the Valencian Agency for Research led by the CSIC and in which both centres are participating will also be tested.

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