Polybris Project: Recovery of plastic waste present in marine litter for its valorization

EnergyLab, Instituto de Investigación Mariñas de la Agencia estatal Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas (IIM-CSIC) and Cabildo insular de Tenerife developed this project in collaboration with the Fundación Biodiversidad of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, through the Pleamar Programme, and is co-financed by the European Union through the EMFAF (European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund).
Its objective is to promote the sustainability of the marine environment and participation in circular alternatives based on the implementation of optimized thermochemical recovery processes of plastic waste present in marine litter thanks to its transformation into value-added products that enable the selective capture of organic and inorganic pollutants present in waters and other effluents from maritime-fishing environments that will help reduce the negative impacts on aquatic ecosystems, and contribute to their good environmental status.