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NETmicroplastic

Project Leader

Fritz Ines, BOKU Project Leader

Duration:

17.10.2022-16.10.2025

Programme:

FTI-Partnerschaften - Projektpartner/Subauftragnehmer

Type of Research

Applied Research

Project partners

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria.
Contact person: Claudia Preininger;
Function of the Project Partner: Koordinator

Staff

BOKU Research Units

Institute for Environmental Biotechnology

Funded by

Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich, Hypogasse 1, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria

Abstract

NETmicroplastic will establish an international network of experts and stakeholders in the field of microplastic research in agricultural soils and technological solutions to microplastic pollution, elaborating on harmonized methodologies for sample extraction and microplastic quantification to compare abundance of microplastic in different regions. Technological solutions in this network focus on sustainable alternatives to nondegradable conventional plastic (e.g., PE, PP) mainly biopolymers and bioplastics, such as PLA or starch-based blends.

Keywords

Cultivation of land; Soil science; Agricultural biotechnology; Agroecology; Sustainable agriculture;

waste management; soil pollution; microplastic;