Integrated Cross - Sectoral Solutions to Micro and Nanoplastic Pollution in Soil and Groundwater Ecosystems
Increasing accumulation of micro- and nanoplastics (MnP) in soils and groundwater raise severe concerns by agricultural and water industries, food manufacturers, regulators, environmental interest groups and citizens.
Our mission is to deliver international scientific excellence through research and training on solutions to the emerging crisis of MnP pollution in subsurface ecosystems in soils and groundwater.
Changing the world is possible.
The PlasticUnderground Doctoral Network creates supra-disciplinary intersectoral capacity for analysing the fate, transport and impacts of MnP in soils and groundwater to develop solutions for reducing their environmental and public health risks, supporting the EC’s circular plastic economy strategy.
Doctoral Candidates
The research program includes unique training opportunities in environmental and social science, ecotoxicology, soil science and aquatic ecology, analytical chemistry, agronomy, data science and numerical modelling as well as responsible innovation, method standardization for use in regulatory decision making and risk assessment. The integrated training programme will prepare Doctoral Candidates with skill sets that are urgently required in agricultural, water, chemical, and manufacturing industries, environmental and regulatory agencies, academia, and the public sector and includes training provision by key stakeholders that will directly benefit from the training in this network.
“PlasticUnderground will advance scientific, industrial, regulatory, and management practices to support public and private sectors with cutting-edge technologies that allow for adequate assessment and management of Micro- and Nanoplastic pollution in our soils and groundwater”
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