UPSTREAM: Circular and Bio-Based Solutions for the Ultimate Prevention of Plastics in Rivers Integrated with Elimination And Monitoring Technologies

上游项目通过克服与垃圾(L)、塑料(P)和微塑料(MP)的监测、预防、消除和评价有关的挑战，实现特派团的目标。展示一套14个解决水系统每一步污染问题的解决方案，这些解决方案与5个国家的7条河流相连，将有助于共同创建一个广泛的知识数据库和可持续的商业模式，重点是尽可能广泛地获取信息。污水处理厂(WWTP)所有者、现有供应链的工业合作伙伴、创新型中小企业和水集群协会的参与将确保项目解决方案的开发，而50万欧元的级联资金将促进整个欧洲的复制。上游联合体因此将建立循环价值链，有可能减少50%的塑料垃圾和30%的MP污染。上游的进展基于世界上最好的创新，包括：·标准化、快速监测技术，能够检测细至25微米的MP；·基于生物的可生物降解塑料，阻止消费产品和污水处理厂本身中MP的形成·消除污水处理厂内90%以上的MP来自污泥和污水流·创新的浮动平台能够去除&GT；83%的L、P和MP直接来自地表和河床的河流，不会造成噪音污染或损害生态系统·通过高级分馏、解聚和上游生物转化从回收塑料中生产相关单体代表着一个泛欧洲财团，在欧洲拥有5个示范地点，包括4个污水处理厂(英国、ES、DE、IT)，外加塞尔维亚多瑙河上的一个试验区。该联盟得到了欧洲顶级RTO的加强，Novamont是可持续生物塑料发展的世界领先者，该联盟由致力于创建数字知识共享平台并与公民和利益相关者互动的合作伙伴完成。

UPSTREAM addresses the targets of the Mission by overcoming challenges related to the monitoring, prevention, elimination, and valorisation of litter (L), plastics (P), and microplastics (MP). Demonstrating a suite of 14 solutions addressing pollution at every step in the water system, connected to 7 rivers in 5 countries, will enable the co-creation of an extensive database of knowledge and sustainable business models with a focus on making information as widely accessible as possible. The involvement of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) owners, industrial partners with existing supply chains, innovative SMEs, and a water cluster association will ensure exploitation of the project solutions, while €500k in cascade funding will enhance replication across Europe. The UPSTREAM consortium will thus establish circular value chains with the potential to decrease plastic litter by 50% and MP pollution by 30%. The advances in UPSTREAM are based on best-in-world innovations, including: • Standardised, rapid monitoring techniques able to detect MP down to sizes >25 µm • Bio-based, biodegradable plastics the stop the formation of MP in consumer products and WWTPs themselves • Elimination of more than 90% MP within WWTPs from both sludge and effluent streams • Innovative floating platforms capable of removing >83% of L, P, and MP directly from rivers at both the surface and riverbed, without creating noise pollution or harming ecosystems • Production of relevant monomers from recovered plastics through both advanced fractionation and depolymerisation and biotransformation UPSTREAM represents a pan-European consortium with 5 demo sites across Europe, including 4 WWTPs (UK, ES, DE, IT), plus a testing area on the Danube in Serbia. The consortium is strengthened by top European RTOs, the world leader in sustainable bioplastics development, Novamont, and completed by partners dedicated to creating a digital knowledge sharing platform and engaging with citizens and stakeholders.