Level National
Plastic types Mixed Plastics Plastic litter
Funding source German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Research for Sustainable Development (FONA), Framework Programme of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Project Website https://inreplast.de/
Project cost 1.000.000,00 EUR
Period January 2019 - December 2021
Geographical area Europe
Categories Wastewater Treatment Point Sources Diffuse Sources Water Consumer Products Green and Circular Economy
Tags legislation sewage system waste water
Project partners
  • Forschungsinstitut für Wasserwirtschaft und Klimazukunft an der RWTH Aachen (FiW) e.V. - Germany,
  • Hochschule Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Umwelt- und Energierecht - Germany,
  • Technische Universität Clausthal – Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaft - Germany
Description

Products made of plastics or plastic composites are omnipresent in our everyday lives. Accordingly, both the sources and the types of plastics that can be found in the sewage system - from where they can enter the environment - are also very diverse. How and which plastics end up in wastewater and how these inputs can be reduced with the help of environmental legislation is the focus of the joint research project InRePlast. Based on an analysis of sources, entry points and polluters, the researchers are developing and testing measures for behavioural changes. These measures are intended to motivate households and companies to reduce the amount of plastics entering water bodies. The project partners are also working on proposals to improve the legal framework.

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PDFIn German: Options for action for municipalities to reduce the amount of plastic waste: Municipal regulatory options
March 1 2023
PDFIn German: Plastic discharges from artificial turf pitches into drainage systems - Occurrence, general conditions and possibilities of input reduction
May 1 2022
PDFIn German: Ways to deal with plastics sustainably - Core messages of social science research
March 31 2022
PDFIn German: Deposit systems as a value-adding steering instrument for specific waste waste streams to reduce the of litter into the oceans
April 1 2021
PDFIn German: Plastic in the environment: Social Science perspectives
March 24 2020
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