Details
- Mission objective
- Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversityObjective 2a - Prevent and eliminate pollution - litter and microplastics
- Lighthouse
- Cross-basin
- Sector
- Environmental protection and regeneration
- Topic(s)
- Marine litterMicroplasticsEnvironmental protectionPlastic pollution
- Type of action
- Research and Innovation
- Type of knowledge output
- Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
- Solution owner
- European Commission
- Country
- Belgium
Description
The 'Research and Innovation Solutions to Tackle Marine Litter' report evaluates the mission relevance, uptake capability, and effectiveness of 43 projects that aim to reduce or eliminate marine litter. These projects are assessed based on their relevance to the categories of the Zero Pollution Action Plan, their scalability, transferability, and maturity. Furthermore, the projects are categorised in terms of project type, size, and the source of pollution.
