UPSCALING THE PLASTIC PIRATES CITIZEN SCIENCE INITIATIVE

This Action will upscale the successful citizen science initiative “Plastic Pirates – Go Europe!” to interested EU Member States (MS) and Horizon Europe Associated Countries (AC). In doing so, the action aims to raise awareness among citizens and, in particular, young citizens, in larger parts of Europe on the impact and benefits that research and innovation can have on their daily lives, to increase the capacity to collect, organise and verify data on plastic waste pollution stemming from and in European rivers, coastlines and seas, and to test, replicate and refine best practice models for linking excellent science and citizen engagement in order to reach the Mission Ocean's objective of restoring our ocean, seas and waters while supporting the monitoring of EU policy objectives.