GoJelly - A gelatinous solution to plastic pollution
ACRONYM
GoJelly
Title
GoJelly - A gelatinous solution to plastic pollution
General information
The objective of the GoJelly project is to develop, test and promote a gelatinous solution to microplastic pollution by developing a TRL 5-6 prototype microplastics filter (GoJelly) for commercial and public use, where the main raw material is jellyfish mucus. In doing so, the consortium addresses two environmental issues with one approach by removing the commercially and ecologically destructive sea and coastal pollution of both jellyfish and microplastics. This innovative approach will ultimately lead to less plastic in the ocean, municipal demand (and thereby competitive prices) for jellyfish raw material to fill the ""mucus-need"" by filter developers, and in turn more jobs for commercial fishers in off-seasons. The by-products of the GoJelly biomass have other uses as well, ensuring that GoJelly also delivers a green innovation, resulting in novel, valuable resource for the food and feed industry as well as agro-biological fertilizer for organic farming. The GoJelly prototype products will be tested and demonstrated in three different European seas (Norwegian, Baltic and Mediterranean), by a range of stakeholders, including commercial fishers and industry partners. Tying it together, the project will also ensure the possibilities for broader European promotion and utilization of GoJelly at the local, regional and global level by delivering a socio-ecological methodological toolbox for forming and implementing policies. GoJelly will broadly communicate its results in several formats such as traditional social media, open lab ship cruise, and in the form of an experimental online game depicting different management scenarios under different jellyfish- and microplastics combinations. An interdisciplinary and international consortium consisting of technology developers, business analysts, fishing companies, research institutes, and both natural and social scientists will realize GoJelly, and will ensure the uptake of GoJelly products by industry and policy makers.
Start
January, 2018
End
December, 2021
Funding (total)
5998000
Funding (GEOMAR)
415000
Funding body / Programme
-
EU
/ HORIZON 2020, Blue Growth
Coordination
Syddansk Universitet (SDU), Denmark
Contact
Partners
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Madeira Agency for the Development of Research Technology and Innovation (ARDITI), Portugal
National Institute of Biology (NIB), Slovenia
University of Haifa, Israel
ORT Braude College for Engineering, Israel
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU), Germany
Hanseatische Umwelt CAM GmbH, Germany
SINTEF Ocean, Norway
Coastal Research & Management (CRM), Germany
National Research Council - Institute of Science of Food Production (CNR-ISPA), Italy
Sanpietro Società Cooperativa Agricola (SANPIETRO), Italy
University of Hamburg (UHAM), Germany
European Science Foundation (ESF), France
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), China
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Madeira Agency for the Development of Research Technology and Innovation (ARDITI), Portugal
National Institute of Biology (NIB), Slovenia
University of Haifa, Israel
ORT Braude College for Engineering, Israel
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU), Germany
Hanseatische Umwelt CAM GmbH, Germany
SINTEF Ocean, Norway
Coastal Research & Management (CRM), Germany
National Research Council - Institute of Science of Food Production (CNR-ISPA), Italy
Sanpietro Società Cooperativa Agricola (SANPIETRO), Italy
University of Hamburg (UHAM), Germany
European Science Foundation (ESF), France
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), China
