Circular and Bio-Based Solutions for the Ultimate Prevention of Plastics in Rivers Integrated with Elimination And Monitoring Technologies
The UPSTREAM project (Horizon-Miss-2022-Ocean-01-04) addresses the targets of the Mission by overcoming challenges related to the monitoring, prevention, elimination, and valorisation of litter (L), plastics (P), and microplastics (MP). Demonstrating a suite of 14 solutions addressing pollution at every step in the water system, connected to 7 rivers in 5 countries, will enable the co-creation of an extensive database of knowledge and sustainable business models with a focus on making information as widely accessible as possible. The involvement of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) owners, industrial partners with existing supply chains, innovative SMEs, and a water cluster association will ensure exploitation of the project solutions, while €350k in cascade funding will enhance replication across Europe. The UPSTREAM consortium will thus establish circular value chains with the potential to decrease plastic litter by 50% and MP pollution by 30%.
PROJECT PROFILE:
Programme: Horizon Europe
Call: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-04
Number: 10112877
Name: Circular and Bio-Based Solutions for the Ultimate Prevention of Plastics in Rivers Integrated with Elimination And Monitoring Technologies
Start Date: 1 September 2023
Duration: 48 Months
Type of Action: HORIZON Innovation Actions
Granting authority: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Project Coordinator: Fundacion AITIIP (Spain)
Project partners: Aitiip Centro Tecnológico (Spain), Leitat Technological Center (Spain), VITO (Belgium), National Institute of Chemistry, Eden Microfluidic Technologies (France), Faculty of Sciences Novi Sad (Serbia), University of the Aegean (Greece), Wasser 3.0 gGmbH (Germany), Van Remmen UV Technology (Netherlands), Tecnopackaging (Spain), BOAXT (France), Novamont (Italy), ZINNAE (Spain), Gruppo CAP (Italy), iNeuvo (United Kingdom), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) (United Kingdom), Severn Trent (United Kingdom), University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), Think Ocean CIC (United Kingdom), Daphne Water Solutions (United Kingdom), Novaid (Portugal), Ecociudad Zaragoza S.A.
More info:
CORDIS: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101112877
Website: http://www.upstream-project.eu/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ecoduct/
X: https://twitter.com/UpstreamHorizon
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Contact us:
Project coordinator (Aitiip Technology Center, Spain): Ana Maria Lopez (anamaria.lopez(at)aitiip.com)
Dissemination and communication manager (National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia): Mirica Karlovits (mirica.karlovits(at)ki.si)
Co-Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.