LABPLAS

Prof Ricardo Beiras presented an overview of the LABPLAS Project task on modelling human uptake of microplastics via the food chain at the Plastics Europe’s Microplastics Scientific Workshop, which took place on May 8th and May 9th at Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

As part of the H2020 LABPLAS Project, coordinated by Universidade de Vigo, the degradability of biopolymers under immersion in coastal zones presenting actual environmental parameters is being tested. Standardised samples (composition, size, mass and shape) of each polymer have been submerged (~2 meters deep) in coastal areas in Spain (Vigo) for 180 days. A data logger is monitoring in real-time relevant environmental parameters (temperature, light, pH).