25.01.2018
Model for discharge pathways for Germany
At the beginning of 2018, a new version of the model "From Land to Sea – a model for recording land-based plastic waste" will become available. This will provide for the first time an overall picture for Germany that covers all discharges of plastic...
25.01.2018
Into the sea via the rivers
How does plastic waste get into the sea? In most cases, as has already been shown by the BKV model for plastic litter in the North Sea, via rivers. A research team headed by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has now been able to...
25.01.2018
"MicBin": Microplastics in inland waterways
The goal of the joint "MicBin" project is to achieve a first-ever documentation of macro-, meso- and microplastic waste released into the catchment area of a large inland waterway. The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) is...
25.01.2018
„PLASTRAT“
September saw the launch of the "PLASTRAT" research project from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the funded research program "Plastic in the environment". Here, too, microplastics in internal waterways is at the heart...
25.01.2018
„PLAWES“
"Microplastic contamination in the modelling system of the German national park Weser – Wattenmeer" is the full title of the research project behind the above abbreviation. The two coordinating institutes – the University of Bayreuth and the Alfred...
25.01.2018
WASHING FORUM
The "WASHING FORUM" dialogue platform is a voluntary initiative by a number of players concerned with aspects of sustainability in washing, rinsing and cleaning in private households in Germany. A new project group for microplastics has just been...
25.01.2018
„TextileMission“
That fabrics made of synthetic fibres lose microparticles during the household washing process which can then, via the wastewater and effluent, get into rivers and from there into the seas, is an undisputed fact and very much an ongoing topic. A...
25.01.2018
Standardisation and Marine Litter
Alongside legal regulations, standards are nowadays also gaining increasing importance in connection with marine litter. In this case, the main aim of measures to introduce standardisation is to lay down uniform definitions, to harmonise measuring...
25.01.2018
Water protection at the International Boat Show 2018 in Düsseldorf
At the International Boat Show 2018 for water sports and boat-building held in Düsseldorf from January 20 - 28, 2018, plastics producers, Messe Düsseldorf and sports associations set out to make visitors increasingly sensitive to the protection of...
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25.01.2018
Mass migration on plastic rafts
Masses of new animal species are appearing on the beaches of the US west coast. Over the last few years, many of the immigrant marine creatures have been arriving on pieces of plastic from Japan across the ocean. It was all caused by the submarine...