Selected as semi-finalist of European Social Innovation Competition 2019: Challenging Plastic Waste

The European Social Innovation Competition is a challenge prize run by the European Commission and partners, across all EU Member States and Horizon 2020 countries. The European Social Innovation Competition supports early-stage ideas and facilitates a network of radical innovators who are shaping society for the better.

In September 2019, we’ll know if we’re selected for the finals. We have the aim to develop a modular Litter Trap with a capacity suitable for heavily polluted rivers.

Find out more about the competition here:

https://eusic.challenges.org/

Litter trap in Brussels

Together with Audi Brussels and the Port of Brussels, the Recycled Island Foundation and its project partner the Audi Environmental Foundation have installed a specially developed Passive Litter Trap in the harbor basin of Brussels. This plastic trap is designed so that waste floating in the water is flushed into a basin, where retention devices prevent it from being washed out again and thus ensure that no plastic reaches the open sea via the canal. The port of Brussels is already the third site for the Recycled Island project, following Rotterdam and the Indonesian island of Ambon.

Recycled Island Foundation is currently exploring several international locations for similar Litter Trap implementations. In the spring we will open a public call for further support and collaborations in this. For information you may already contact: iris@recycledisland.com