SOLFORPLAS
There’s a big appetite for plastics – a major environmental and health hazard. If current consumption patterns and waste management practices continue, there’ll be about 12 billion tonnes of plastic litter in landfills and the natural environment by 2050. Plastics’ production and degradation need to be sustainable. Efforts to identify microorganisms that break down plastic have intensified but their biodegradation rates are very low. The EU-funded SOLFORPLAS project will develop a strategy to implement plastic biodegradation as a solution for plastic pollution. To do so, it will integrate physical, chemical and biological treatment mimicking the biodegradation process in worms.
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Knowledge Gaps
Degradation
Environmental fate and behavior of plastic
Environmental effects and ecotoxicity
Human toxicity
Bioaccumulation and persistence test methods
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