The Plastic Busters CAP project, “Fostering knowledge transfer to tackle marine litter in the Mediterranean by integrating Ecosystem based Management (EbM) into Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)”, as its name indicates, is about capitalizing upon and effectively transferring the … Read More
Life MUSCLES – MUssel Sustainable production (re)cyCLES – is a project funded by the EU programme Life which aims to reduce of the impact linked to the use of Polypropylene (PP) socks for mussel farming. Its main objective is … Read More
The AdriCleanFish project, financed by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MIPAAF) aims at investigating the problem of marine litter in the Adriatic Sea and its impact on the fishing production chain by intervening through awareness-raising actions and … Read More
Plastic Busters MPAs is an Interreg MED funded project aiming to maintain biodiversity and preserve natural ecosystems in pelagic and coastal marine protected areas by consolidating Mediterranean efforts against marine litter. WHAT DOES THE PROJECT CONSIST IN? … Read More
In 2016, Plastic Busters became one of the 14 projects labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean in the category “Water & Environment”. For the Plastic Busters Initiative, being awarded this label means gaining a fantastic visibility among all … Read More
Maria Cristina Fossi Full Professor Dario Giani Research Fellow Cristina Panti Senior Researcher – RTDB Giacomo Limonta Research Fellow Matteo Baini Junior Researcher – RTDA Matteo Galli Research Fellow Margherita Concato PhD Student Andrea Maccantelli PhD Student Antonino Vincenzo Alessi … Read More
IN PROGRESS
The Plastic Busters Initiative and all the projects under its umbrella have one overall goal: effectively tackle the issue of marine litter throughout the Mediterranean. The Initiative aims to directly supports the implementation of the /MAP Regional Plan on … Read More
