In-No-Plastic (Innovative approaches towards prevention, removal and reuse of marine plastic litter) is a three year EU funde ... d project with the goal to develop and demonstrate nano, micro, and macro-plastic clean-up technologies in the aquatic ecosystems. The approach taken is a combination of social and technical removal strategies targeting the industrial hot spots through cooling water systems (CWS), harbours, lagoons, shores and the shallow sea water. The technical approach consists of comparing the existing removal methodologies with multiple developing technologies at varying testing sites in Europe and in the Caribbean. Furthermore, In-No-Plastic entails a comprehensive monitoring system to gather data at frequencies of every 6 month for 2 years. This is done to understand the effectiveness of the new technologies and current clean-up approaches both in terms of cutting down plastic presence in the environment and its effects on the marine and local ecosystems. Technical proposal will be a blueprint in establishing a coherent and synchronised system of cleaning, that is scalable and replicable. The social strategy comprises an incentive-based initiative that relies on a remote application. The focus is to get the local population involved by incentivising plastic pick-up in return for monetary gain and other rewards. Part of the plastic gathered at the demo sites will be treated for reusability by investigating different recycling methods, leading to the inter-connectedness of the processes in acquiring plastic waste and creating circularity in the value chain. The complementary consortium consists of 17 partners from 10 different countries, the project has duration of 36 months starting 01/10/2020 and has received funding within Horizon 2020 framework programme ”Pilot action for the removal of marine plastics and litter”, Topic ID: CE-FNR-09-2020 under the Grant Agreement 101000612 read more