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A step forward in fighting microplastic in the environment!
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) submitted in Januray 2019 a proposal to
ban intentionally added microplastics in cosmetics, detergents, paints, agricultural and industrial products.
The European Parliament backed up Commission's proposal on single-use plastics' strategy!
In May 2018, the Commission introduced the Single-use
plastics directive proposal to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on
Europe's beaches and seas, as well as lost and bandoned fishing an aquaculture gear. Last week, on March 27th,
2019, the European Parliament approved this proposal that addresses 70% of all marine litter items.
30 global companies together for starting the Alliance to End Plastic Waste!
A new Global Alliance to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment and especially in the ocean was launched in January 2019 by nearly thirty member companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain.
Workshop on Enhancing Ethics and Economics in Aquaculture
AQUA-LIT team was invited to present at the workshop “Enhancing ethics and
economics in aquaculture using solutions based on Internet of Things and digital automation”, held in Brussel on the
25th March 2019.
Projects Fighting Marine Litter!
Following AQUA-LIT's kick-off meeting in Budapest, on
January 29th we attended the joint kick-off meeting for all coordinators of the 22 awarded projects under EASME-EMFF's
Sustainable Blue Economy call.
AQUA-LIT at Blue Invest Mediterranean
On January 24th, 2019, the European Commission (DG MARE) hosted the "Blue Invest in the Mediterranean 2019" meeting in Malta.