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project info
Start date: 1 November 2020
End date: 31 October 2022
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 1 650 052,44 €
EU contribution: 1 402 544,57 € (85%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Dipartimento Regionale della Programmazione della Regione Siciliana - Presidenza
European Commission Topic

Robotic BIOremediation for coastal debris in BLUE Flag beach and in a Maritime Protected Area Marine Protected Areas and Artisan Fishing Integrated management through environmental awareness and education

The BIOBLU project aims to make an innovative contribution to the removal of waste from beaches through an analysis of the state of the local environment and the promotion of a new management approach based on new technologies and available new knowledge. The innovative method consists of a kit with high level of technology and automation, based on a deep learning process, which will recognize waste remotely (via drones), allow its collection in a robotic way and facilitate its disposal in compacting bins in a separated way. The project will be implemented on two pocket beaches, small beaches limited by natural headlands. In addition, thanks to the physico-biological analysis of waste, its origin will be determined through an integrated current detection system, and it will be determined the impact that microplastics in particular have on the faune in order to assess its impact on the food chain. With regard to the two marine protected areas, the project has the following objectives: 1) to quantify the negative impacts caused by the presence of plastics and microplastics on the trophic chain; 2) to reduce plastics in protected areas with an automatic system; 3) the development of a plastic free management model and a diffusion campaign.

Flag of Italy,Malta  Multiple locations, Italy, Malta