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The campaign “Tu Decides. El Mar lo nota” (“You Decide. The Sea feels it”) reaches more than 11,200 people on 31 beaches in Cantabria during the summer. The Government of Cantabria, through the public...
On June 25–26, PLAST4H2 was featured at MOHIDing 2025, held at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. This annual event brought together users and developers of the MOHID modelling system...
On Wednesday, June 4, 2025, the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of Lisbon teamed up with Innoceana to carry out a beach cleanup at Playa Honda, in the municipality of Arico, as part of the European...
On June 2nd and 3rd, the PLAST4H2 consortium held its third follow-up meeting in the town of Alcalá, Tenerife. The meeting brought together all project partners to assess the current status of the...
We are pleased to announce the incorporation of two prestigious academic institutions into the PLAST4H2 consortium:Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) and Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)...
On May 13, 2025, Dr. Chaitra Venkatesh participated as a speaker at a seminar hosted by the BluePoint project at Atlantic Technological University, Sligo. Both BluePoint and Plast4H2 are funded under...
On December 12, 2024, II International Workshop on the Origin, Distribution, and Fate of Marine Litter in the Atlantic was held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The event brought together experts to address...
Prof. Alfredo Ortiz participated as a speaker presenting the European project PLAST4H2 “Plastic circularity through an efficient detection, collection and valorization into Hydrogen and value-added...
The European project PLAST4H2 (“Plastic Circularity through an Efficient Detection, Collection, and Valorization into Hydrogen and Value-Added Products”) held its 2nd follow-up meeting on...
University of Cantabria Showcases Advances in Hydrogen Research at Prestigious International Conferences. The University of Cantabria (UC) has strengthened its presence in the global hydrogen research...
The University of Cantabria actively participated in two significant outreach events in 2024, presenting the PLAST4H2 project (“Plastic Circularity through an Efficient Detection, Collection...
Identification of potential hotspots of plastic accumulation in the Vigo ria (Spain): First results.
In frame of PLAST4H2 project WP1 Activity 3(Identification and modelling of dispersion and transport patterns to “hotspots” for plastic accumulation) Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) team...
Minister Peter Burke officially opened the new facility of Applied Polymer Technologies (APT) at the Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone Campus, highlighting the government’s commitment...
The PLAST4H2 project was featured in an article by Dr. Margaret Brennan Fournet, Director of the LIFE Institute. The article showcased the projects and expertise of the Centre for Polymer...
Innoceana Tenerife conducted, between October 2023 and August 2024, 45 marine debris cleanups across the island of Tenerife, focusing on preserving the local marine ecosystems of the Canary Islands...
News about the PLAST4H2 project was recently published in the newsletter of the Mechanical Engineering Department (DEM) of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of the University of Lisbon. With the aim of...
Between October 2023 and June 2024, Innoceana Tenerife organized 6 educational workshops aimed at raising awareness about plastic pollution in the oceans and its harmful effects on marine ecosystems...
I Clean My Sea, a pioneering company in the fight against ocean plastic pollution, recently participated in four key events aimed at advancing its innovative PLAST4H2 project. PLAST4H2 is part of the...
The European project PLAST4H2, “Plastic circularity through an efficient detection, collection, and valorization into Hydrogen and value-added products”, held its first follow-up meeting on May 30th...
The European project PLAST4H2, “Plastic circularity through an efficient detection, collection, and valorization into Hydrogen and value-added products”, coordinated by Prof. Alfredo Ortiz from the...