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SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE A SECOND LIFE FOR THE PLASTIC NETS INTENDED FOR THE RAISING OF MUSSELS PROTECT THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM CONTINUOUS RESEARCH OF INNOVATIVE MATERIALS FOR THE FARMING OF MUSSELS BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER NETS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AT THE SERVICE OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MUSSEL FARMING

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector, with an annual expansion rate of 8%. Every year in Italy they are sold over 70,000 tons of mussels and the dispersion of the plastic nets used for breeding is an increasingly evident problem: in fact they represent the 27% of waste found on European beaches. The goal of the MUSCLES project is to contribute to the reduction of the impact caused by dispersion in the marine environment of the retinas, promoting and creating a more sustainable value chain.

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RECYCLING PLASTIC NETS

CIRCULAR CHAIN

In Northern Gargano, a mobile recycling plant for polypropylene nets currently used for mussel farming will be developed to limit their dispersion into the sea.

REPLACEMENT WITH BIOPOLYMER NETS

SUSTAINABLE FARMING

In the area of La Spezia on the Tyrrhenian Sea, the PP socks will be replaced with those in BP, biodegradable, and recycling and composting tests will be carried out

Slide La Spezia Gargano a the pilot areas The LIFE MUSCLES project foresees the carrying out of the actions in two pilot areas: the North Gargano on the Adriatic Sea, where the mobile recycling plant will be developed, e La Spezia on the Tyrrhenian Sea, where the PP socks will be replaced with those in BP and recycling and composting tests will be carried out. a

The LIFE Muscles Project

Circular innovation to protect the sea
Increase the recycling of networks

Implement the recycling process developed by Enea and AMA, in collaboration with Legambiente

Engage stakeholders

Promote the active participation of mussel farmers and distributors, making them aware of the data on the problem

Increase the use of biodegradable nets

By using the innovative mater-bi networks, there would be a decrease in network dispersion

Disseminate research data

Research must be a beacon for the development of sustainable solutions and alternative materials

Raise consumer awareness

Using a label that indicates the purchase of mussels from sustainable farming, promoting circular innovation

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LIFE is a program introduced by the European Union in 1992, with which projects on environmental issues proposed by member countries are co-financed. The aim is to provide specific support for the development and implementation of Community environmental policy and legislation, in particular to pursue the objectives of the Community Environmental Action Programme, with over €280 million of EU funding for environment, nature and climate action projects.

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