Plastic foam products made of expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) are amongst the top 10 items of marine litter found on European beach litter surveys.
We are OceanWise, a project looking for solutions to reduce this type of marine litter. We want to keep EPS and XPS away from the marine environment.
. OceanWise Stakeholders meeting in Lorient, France 11 JULY 2019 The 5th participatory session of the OceanWise project took place in Lorient, France on July
. OceanWise Stakeholders meeting in London 27 MARCH 2019 The third participatory session of the OceanWise project took place in London on march 27th. 16
. OceanWise Stakeholders meeting in Vigo 14 MARCH 2019 The second participatory session of the OceanWise project took place in Vigo, at Cetmar. 30 Spanish
. OceanWise Stakeholders meeting in Lisbon 7 MARCH 2019 The first participatory session of the OceanWise project (March 7, 2019) joined more than 50 Portuguese
OceanWise deals with marine litter in a circular economy perspective. It is focused exclusively on foamed polystyrene plastic (i.e. EPS and XPS ) products and applications with a likelihood to become marine litter. OceanWise wants to approach this issue with a wide-view angle, by putting together a multi-sectoral platform to include Governmental bodies responsible for marine environment management, Industry and other stakeholders, waste management authorities, designers, circular economy modellers, I&D specialists in participatory processes, and end-users. EPS is short for expanded polystyrene, commonly known as plastic foam or styrofoam. XPS is another type of expanded polystyrene material.