Descrizione del progetto
Utilizzo del muco delle meduse per combattere l’inquinamento delle coste
L’inquinamento marino e costiero derivante dalla presenza di fioriture di meduse e microplastiche rappresenta un grave problema ambientale. Il progetto GoJelly, finanziato dall’UE, si prefigge di affrontare entrambi i problemi allo stesso tempo, attraverso lo sviluppo, il collaudo e la promozione di una soluzione gelatinosa. Lo studio si concentrerà sulla creazione di un prototipo di filtro per microplastiche, utilizzando il muco di medusa come materia prima. Questa soluzione innovativa rimuoverà efficacemente l’inquinamento derivante da meduse e microplastiche nei mari e nelle aree costiere. Inoltre, genererà opportunità di lavoro per la pesca commerciale, produrrà sottoprodotti preziosi e offrirà una risorsa per l’industria alimentare e dei mangimi, oltre che per l’agricoltura biologica. Per garantire l’efficacia del prototipo, il progetto condurrà test nel Mar di Norvegia, nel Mar Baltico e nel Mar Mediterraneo.
Obiettivo
"The objective of the GoJelly project is to develop, test and promote a gelatinous solution to microplastic pollution by developing a TRL 5-6 prototype microplastics filter (GoJelly) for commercial and public use, where the main raw material is jellyfish mucus. In doing so, the consortium addresses two environmental issues with one approach by removing the commercially and ecologically destructive sea and coastal pollution of both jellyfish and microplastics. This innovative approach will ultimately lead to less plastic in the ocean, municipal demand (and thereby competitive prices) for jellyfish raw material to fill the ""mucus-need"" by filter developers, and in turn more jobs for commercial fishers in off-seasons. The by-products of the GoJelly biomass have other uses as well, ensuring that GoJelly also delivers a green innovation, resulting in novel, valuable resource for the food and feed industry as well as agro-biological fertilizer for organic farming. The GoJelly prototype products will be tested and demonstrated in three different European seas (Norwegian, Baltic and Mediterranean), by a range of stakeholders, including commercial fishers and industry partners. Tying it together, the project will also ensure the possibilities for broader European promotion and utilization of GoJelly at the local, regional and global level by delivering a socio-ecological methodological toolbox for forming and implementing policies. GoJelly will broadly communicate its results in several formats such as traditional social media, open lab ship cruise, and in the form of an experimental online game depicting different management scenarios under different jellyfish- and microplastics combinations. An interdisciplinary and international consortium consisting of technology developers, business analysts, fishing companies, research institutes, and both natural and social scientists will realize GoJelly, and will ensure the uptake of GoJelly products by industry and policy makers."
Campo scientifico
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheries
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
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