Microplastics

Research Manager

Senior Research Scientist, PhD

Researcher Scientist, PhD

Kronikk: Stadig økende kunnskap om mikroplast i miljøet, bringer med seg nye utfordringer. Hvordan skal vi bruke fakta fra forskningen og formidle den videre til folk flest? Hva er viktig om mikroplast, hva er mindre viktig, og – ikke minst – hva er riktig?

A recent NIVA study shows that so-called “green” car tires, which are marketed as environmentally friendly, can actually be just as harmful to the environment as regular tires – and in some cases even worse.

UN Member States met in Ottawa 23-29 April to continue the negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Researchers from NIVA are part of a network of 350 scientists informing the negotiations.

The goal of the EUROqCHARM project (EUROpean quality Controlled Harmonization Assuring Reproducible Monitoring and assessment of plastic pollution) is to establish harmonized methods for monitoring and assessing macro-, micro-, and nanoplastics in the environment, as well as outlines for standards and recommendations for policy and legislation.

IMPASSE has studied the impacts of microplastics in agroSystems and stream environment. The project is now finished. 

MicroLEACH (Microplastics – Long-term Effects of plastics and Additive Chemicals on marine organisms) is an interdisciplinary four-year project funded by the Research Council of Norway (Marinforsk call) that brings together scientists from fields of microplastic and other particulate research, analytical chemistry, ecotoxicology and risk assessment

NIVA has a broad research community that develops new knowledge about pollution.