How can we find the right balance between maintaining high-quality healthcare and reducing PFAS pollution? That was the central question explored by a diverse group of experts from hospitals, healthcare product manufacturers, plastics producers, government bodies, NGOs, and research institutes, during a 2-day Living Lab workshop as part of the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project. There is growing […]

Have you seen our most recent PFAS factsheets? These were developed by students of the Wageningen University as part of a MSc Honours Programme. The result of their efforts resulted in three factsheets: on PFAS awareness, PFAS in product chains: agriculture, textiles and cosmetics, and expert insights on PFAS contaminations. The students were given 12 […]

The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture, and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) successfully hosted the Annual General Assembly for the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project, a pioneering EU Horizon2020 initiative. With the project now at its midpoint, the assembly provided an opportunity to evaluate achievements and chart the next steps in its ambitious mission to achieve zero pollution in […]

The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture, and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE), in partnership with SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project partners, organized the Mediterranean Living Lab, a two-day event dedicated to addressing the environmental challenges posed by tyre wear particles (TWPs). With a focus on TWPs prevention and mitigation the Living Lab brought together 35 stakeholders from 8 Mediterranean […]

Research Associate Linda Del Savio from the Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) attended The International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers (ICYMARE) to represent the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project. The conference took place from 16-20 September 2024 in Bremen, Germany, and brought together Early Career Researchers from different disciplines. Written by: Linda Del Savio […]

The Black Sea NGO Network recently represented SOS-ZEROPOL2030 at the Black Sea Stakeholder Conference. Aleksandar Shivarov was invited to present at the event, co-organised by the European Commision, to talk about outcomes of our first Living Lab and the current state of PFAS pollution in the region. Priorities for action from first Living Lab SOS-ZEROPOL2030 […]

As part of the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 initiative, Dr. Thomais Vlachogianni, Senior Programme/Policy Officer at MIO-ECSDE and leader of the project’s work package on zero pollution acceleration, had the privilege of contributing to the workshop’s discussions, which focused on the future of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) detection, impact assessment, prevention, and remediation. Written by Dr Thomais […]

Dear reader,  Welcome to our second annual SOS-ZEROPOL2030 newsletter! We have a jam-packed newsletter for you with updates from the past year. Our consortium has not sat still since we gathered in Potsdam for our second General Assembly in autumn 2024, which was generously hosted by the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS). This event brought together […]

In May, the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC Europe 2024) took place in Seville, Spain. The SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project was wel represented at SETAC 2024, with four of our project partner scientists present from SINTEF Ocean and GRID-Arendal. Scientists, managers and policymakers concerned with environmental quality, gathered from May […]

Members of the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project team, Emily Cowan and Rachel Tiller of SINTEF, attended the Fourth Session of Negotiations on a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Canada (INC-4), where they worked on a database to analyse how global environmental treaties are formed. A potential element to be included in the plastics treaty is that […]