News From The Network
Network Meeting in Berlin
The joint meeting of the two ZIM networks PlaMoWa Europe and PlaWas took place from 14th - 16th October 2019 in the premises of Deutsche Umwelthilfe and in the Zeiss-Großplanetarium in Berlin. The focus was on new research and development projects emerging from the...
PlaWas At Roundtable Schlei
Upon recommendation and after several talks with Thorsten Roos from the district authority of Schleswig-Flensburg, Frank Schweikert participated at the Roundtable Schlei on 26th of September, representing the networks PlaWas and PlaMoWa. He presented GlobalGreen...
PlaWas Network Meets In Berlin
How can we advance our existing ideas for projects and how can we shape the transition into phase 2 of the ZIM program? Those were the priorities of the second PlaWas network meeting. The technological roadmap was on the agenda as well. Furthermore, a representative...
Plastics In Organic Waste: Burden For Soil And Waters
A study conducted by our network partner Prof Dr Christian Laforsch and his colleague Prof Dr Ruth Freitag (Department of Bioprocess Engineering of the University of Bayreuth) takes a closer look at plastic residue in organic waste. The latter is exploited in biogas...
Microplastic: “Anthropogenic Basic Load Of Plastic Particles” In German Rivers
From 2014 to 2017, our network partner University of Bayreuth has sampled 22 german rivers, mainly in the drainage area of Rhine and Danube. Leading scientist Prof Dr Christian Laforsch and his team found (micro)plastic at all sample sites, considering it an...
First Network Meeting In Berlin
In the premises of TU Berlin, the PlaWas network has gathered for its first network meeting. Besides getting acquainted with one another, the network partners presented and discussed project ideas with the potential for R&D project funding requests and shaping the...
Green Light For PlaWas Network
The beginning of the new year is the starting point for a new network made up of innovative small and medium enterprises, leading research institutions and further partners. In a first phase, the network "Plastic Free Waters" (acronym "PlaWas") will be supported by...