KOHESIO · Q4295171 · AT
Macro-plastic-waste along the Danube
Plastic waste in marine ecosystems has become a major environmental problem at both the regional and global levels. Rivers are considered to be one of the main sources of pollution, but the sources and routes and environmental impacts of rivers stays unknown. The "PlasticFreeDanube" project focuses on macro-plastic contamination (> 5 mm) in and along the Danube. The aim of the project is to establish a sound knowledge of plastic pollution and standardized methods for estimating sources of inputs, quantities, transport behavior and environmental hazards. The project covers the area of the Danu…
About the Environment and resource efficiency objective
Thematic Objective 6 finances environment and resource efficiency — water and waste management, biodiversity protection, contaminated-site remediation, air quality, and the circular economy.
Co-funding: the EU contributes €1.0M toward a total project cost of €1.2M — a co-funding rate of 85%, with the remainder covered by national, regional or private sources.
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Full project record on Kohesio — partners, deliverables, location map, related funding decisions.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the EU budget for this project?
- The EU contributes €1.0M toward a total project cost of €1.2M, a co-funding rate of 85%.
- Which fund or thematic objective does it belong to?
- This project falls under EU Cohesion Policy thematic objective TO06 — Environment and resource efficiency — financed through the European Structural and Investment Funds.
- Which country is the project located in?
- The project is located in AT.
- What is the project period?
- The project runs from 2017-10-01 to 2020-09-30.
- Where can I find the full project record?
- The complete project record — beneficiary, location and related funding decisions — is published on Kohesio, the European Commission's open-data platform, under reference Q4295171.