Our LARIAT researcher ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐๐ค has published two new papers in ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, Discover Sustainability and Discover Applied Sciences, both ranked Q1 according to Journal Citation Reports (JCR). 
Both papers address marine litter from complementary perspectives. One analyses innovative technologies for detecting and removing marine litter, focusing on mitigation approaches, while the other examines human behaviour and structural barriers to reducing single-use plastics, focusing on prevention at the source.
Together, the two studies explore marine litter across the preventionโmitigation spectrum, from factors influencing waste generation to technological approaches for dealing with litter already present in the marine environment.
Both papers are closely connected to SeaClear1 & 2.0 project, but in different ways.
In โ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ, the SeaClear and SeaClear 2.0 systems are identified among relevant emerging technologies that integrate the detection, identification and collection of marine litter from the seafloor.
In โ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ โ, the SeaClear 2.0 Communities of Practice played an important role in disseminating the survey across Europe. The study included 525 participants from several European countries, providing data on consumer behaviour, attitudes and structural barriers related to reducing single-use plastics and preventing marine litter at the source.
Discover Applied Sciences
Discover Sustainability
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