CONTACT
PageMaria Cristina Fossi (fossi@unisi.it) Cristina Panti (panti4@unisi.it) Matteo Baini (matteo.baini@unisi.it) Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Siena Via Mattioli, 4 53100 Siena, Italy Phone: +39 0577 232258 E-mail: plasticbusters@unisi.it
RESEARCH
PageOur Science Field Publications
Plastic Busters CAP
PageThe 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
PageLife 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
AdriCleanFish
PageThe 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
PagePlastic 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
The UFM label
PageIn 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