TRAP brings positive change in the efficiency of plastic removal strategies and better-informed management practices. Key outputs include a digital management tool for identifying plastic retention hotspots, field-tested retention solutions, and practical guidelines for decision-makers.
Beneficiaries range from environmental agencies to local authorities and riverine communities. The project leverages transnational cooperation to ensure knowledge sharing, creating scalable, field-tested solutions that can be adapted across the Atlantic Area.
It sets up: a digital management tool to forecast plastic transport and identify retention hotspots; pilot field installations to demonstrate effective retention measures; and a strategy to engage and inquire stakeholders and local communities towards impact and sustainability.
A1.1 - Building the numerical solver
A1.2 - Verifying, calibrating and validating the numerical solver
A1.3 - The TRAP digital management tool
A1.4 - From Research to Action: Applying Plastic Transport Models in Water Management
A2.1 - Field Site Baselines and Plastic Hotspot Identification
A2.2 - Plastic Traps in Action
A2.3 - From Field Experience to Actionable Guidelines
A3.1 - Policy on board – Engaging Authorities in Plastic Solutions
A3.2 - TRAP Connect – Tools for Community Action
A3.3 - Local Labs - Stakeholder Co-Creation Laboratories
A3.4 -The TRAP Roadmap – From Ideas to Impact
