The marine litter issue presented at "Scienza in Villa"

Hundreds of interested and curious people took part in the #ScienzainVilla event which was held on November 15th and 16th at the prestigious Villa dei Leoni in Mira (VE). Many activities, experiments and seminars have been organized  to talk about science in an interactive, fun but also rigorous way. The aim of the event was to bring citizens closer to the fascinating world of “Science” and the many challenges it is facing with. One of these is undoubtedly the marine litter problem, the main research topic of the Life-Ghost and MarGnet projects, which have been presented to the many visitors interested in deepening these dramatically current topics.

Innovative solutions for marine litter recycling presented at Maker Faire Rome 2019

From 18th to 20th October 2019, the 7th edition of the Maker Faire Rome - The European edition, the most important European event dedicated to technological innovation, took place in Rome. More than 100 thousand visitors could discover the news of the innovation world exhibited within 7 pavilions (Re-think, Learn, Create, Discover, Make, Research).
Hosted by the Bioeconomy village, the ISMAR, IRBIM, IGAG and IRET Institutes of the National Research Council (CNR), have set up a "Fatti di Plastica" stand, focused on projects aimed at tackling marine litter issues. It was an important opportunity to present the results achieved by the LIFE GHOST Project in the field of the ghost nets’mechanical recycling and those expected from marGnet project on the chemical recycling of marine waste.

GHOST at the UCIF Anima Confindustria Conference

The treatments carried out in collaboration with Fismet Service S.r.l. on the ghost nets recovered from the seabed and aimed at outlining a possible mechanical recycling strategy for this type of material were presented on November 6th, 2019  during the annual conference of UCIF Anima Confindustria "Finishing becomes SMART" at the Cariplo Foundation Convention Center in Milan. During the day, the latest technological innovations on finishing and treatments  of surfaces were presented and the development of new opportunities in the circular economy framework has attracted great interest.

More information at the following website: https://www.anima.it/associazioni/elenco/ucif/attivita/eventi/convegno-ucif-milano.kl

and the UCIF facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ucifassociazione/posts/

Ghost nets' issue presented at VenetoNight 2019

On 27th September the  ghost nets issue faced by LIFE-GHOST  and MARGNET projects was presented  at Ca’Bottacin (University of Venice). Projects' aims and possible solutions were illustrated to students and citizen though the art work "Trama di Fondo", during the VenetoNight 2019 event, organised in the framework of the annual celebration European Researchers' Night. All the art works of the exhibition "The Art of Marine Sciences", presented last June during World Oceans Day celebration at ISMAR, will be exhibited from 11th  to 25th October 2019 at the M9 museum in Mestre (Venice).