In the EU Interreg North Sea-funded project "TREASURE - Targetingthe REductionof plASticoUtflowinto the noRthsEa", 15 partners from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France are working to reduce the input of plastic waste from rivers and inland waters into the North Sea through an integrated cross-sectoral approach to identification, removal and reduction, thus making an important contribution to solving the plastic problem. At the end of the project, four dimensions ('Governance & Policy', 'Data Collection & Analysis', 'Prevention & Behaviour Change' and 'Removal') will be addressed in five regional real-world laboratories representing different areas typical for the North Sea region until 2026. Each real-world laboratory of the five participating countries aims at a combination of waste management techniques, data collection, prevention measures and policy strategies with the aim of developing robust, practice-orientated solutions for all four dimensions. More information on the project can be found here.

Director

Prof Dr Ingo Mose; Dr Peter Schaal

Collaborators

Gisela Kemmner