Towards the removal of microplastics and emerging pollutants from water bodies in the Baltic region

Microplastics and emerging pollutants such as antibiotics and persistent organic pollutants have been identified as a key thread to the global aqueous environment. The main pathways of microplatics and other emerging pollutants to water bodies are stormwater runoff and wastewater treatment plant discharges. The NoMicroBaltic project aims to combine and integrate on-going research efforts in Poland, Georgia, Latvia, and Sweden to develop advanced concepts for the removal and concentration of microplastics and –emerging pollutants from these water bodies. The goal of the NoMicroBaltic project is to bring together the knowledge and experience in this field in the four countries through consolidation, education, and dissemination. It is foreseen that the NoMicroBaltic project will accelerate the implementation of advanced concepts for microplastics and emerging pollutants removal from water bodies around and thus in the Baltic Sea.