A toolbox for public authorities to address marine plastics and litter from river-to-ocean
Funds a toolbox for public authorities to monitor and reduce marine plastic litter along one river-to-sea basin, with small third-party grants to help other regions replicate it.
Proposals are ranked competitively, but the evaluation guarantees at least the highest-ranked proposal in each of the four sea and river basins gets funded, so a strong proposal in a less-competitive basin is not crowded out by stronger proposals elsewhere. Activities are expected to reach TRL 6 to 8 by the end of the project. Any in-situ data or marine observations collected must be published as …
The funder wants a toolbox — covering monitoring, removal solutions and prevention measures — for one of four sea/river basins, tested through at least three real-world use cases with public authorities. It wants the toolbox to help reach a 50% reduction target for plastic litter reaching the sea.
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