| PLASTFLOW - Opvolgmeting in het kader van Doelstelling 9 van het Vlaams Actieplan Marien Zwerfvuil |
Principal funding codes: 5611 - OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
Acronym: PLASTFLOW
Period: January 2024 till December 2025
Thesaurus terms Marine pollution; Marine pollution
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| Abstract |
The aim of the PLASTFLOW project is to assess litter accumulation in the Scheldt estuary, as well as to estimate the plastic flux and identify retention hotspots. The specific objectives of the project are to: Estimate the plastic flux from the Scheldt to the sea, followed by an evaluation of the flux using the t0 measurement, model the fate and accumulation of macro-, meso- and microlitter and pellets in the Scheldt estuary, taking into account the asymmetrical tidal retention of litter and to inform key stakeholders and policymakers. |
| Datasets (8) |
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- Data
- Diels, H.; Dhondt, C.; Town, R.; Meyers, N.; Catarino, A. I.; Bossaer, M.; Devriese, L.; Rondelez, J.; Balthazar, I.; Blust, R.; ECOSPHERE, University of Antwerp (UAntwerp); Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2025): Macro- and mesolitter and pellet assessment in the Scheldt Estuary within the PLASTFLOW Project, 2024–2025. Marine Data Archive., more
- Meyers, N.; Dhondt, C.; Rondelez, J.; Devriese, L.; Muyle, J.; Bossaer, M.; Miranda, M.; Nitschke, T.; Grandjean, J.; Zoete, L.; Lefevre, L.; Stiers, X.; Asselman, J.; Pequeur, E.; Diels, H.; Blust, R.; Catarino, A.I.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology (GhEnToxLab), Ghent University (UGent); ECOSPHERE, University of Antwerp (UAntwerp): Belgium; (2025): Microplastics assessment in the Scheldt Estuary within the PLASTFLOW Project, 2024–2025. Marine Data Archive., more
- Van Overloop, A.; Knaeps, E.; De Keukelaere, L.; Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO): Belgium; (2025): VITO drone campaign: information on raw images from high resolution RGB camera. Marine Data Archive., more
- Van Overloop, A.; Knaeps, E.; De Keukelaere, L.; Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO): Belgium; (2025): VITO drone campaign: information on raw images from multispectral camera. Marine Data Archive., more
- Software/models/scripts
- PBE microplastic transport model: Shettigar, N. A.; Bi, Q.; Toorman, E.; Hydraulics and Geotechnics Division, Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven: Belgium; Deltares: The Netherlands; (2025): Population Balance Equations for microplastics transport in estuarine environments., more
- Wang, L.; Breugem, W.A.; Koutrouveli, T.; Decrop, B.; International Marine and Dredging Consultants (IMDC): Belgium; (2025): PLASTFLOW macroplastic transport model: time series of the normalised cumulative fluxes at three transects in the Scheldt estuary. Marine Data Archive., more
- Data products
- Van Overloop, A.; Knaeps, E.; De Keukelaere, L.; Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO): Belgium; (2025): VITO drone campaign: data products derived from high resolution RGB images. Marine Data Archive., more
- Van Overloop, A.; Knaeps, E.; De Keukelaere, L.; Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO): Belgium; (2025): VITO drone campaign: data products derived from multispectral images. Marine Data Archive., more
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| Publications (5) |
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- Lalyer, C.R.; Devriese, L.I.; Blust, R.; Knaeps, E.; Van Overloop, A.; De Keukelaere, L.; Asselman, J.; Diels, H.; Town, R.M.; Toorman, E.; Shettigar, N.A.; Koutrouveli, T.; Decrop, B.; Dhondt, C.A.L.; Rondelez, J.; Bonifacio, L.; Meyers, N.; Catarino, A. (2025). How much plastic reaches the sea? A case study from the Scheldt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, 2025_002. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 19 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/127, more
- Meyers, N.; Devriese,; Lalyer, C.; Dhondt, C.A.L.; Bonifacio, L.; Asselman, J.; Van Overloop , A.; Knaeps, E.; De Keukelaere, L.; Blust, R.; Town, R.; Diels, H.; Shettigar, N.A.; Toorman, E.; Wang, L.; Breugem, W.A.; Koutrouveli, T.; Decrop, B.; Catarino, A. (2025). PLASTFLOW Final Report: Quantifying plastic fluxes and identifying plastic hotspots in the Scheldt Estuary (Deliverable 1.2). Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 87 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/128, more
- Rondelez, J.; Dhondt, C.A.L.; Catarino, A.I.; Meyers, N.; Knaeps, E.; Shettigar, N.A.; Decrop, B.; Toorman, E.A. (2025). PLASTFLOW: Data Management Plan (Deliverable D2.2). Version 2. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 14 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/124, more
- Meyers, N.; Catarino, A.; Blust, R.; Diels, H.; Devriese, L.; De Buyser, S.; Dhondt, C.A.L. (2024). PLASTFLOW: Intermediate Project Report (Deliverable D1.1). Version 1. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 14 pp., more
- Meyers, N.; Catarino, A.I.; Blust, R.; Diels, H.; Shettigar, N.A.; Knaeps, E.; Devriese,; De Buyser, S. (2024). PLASTFLOW: Sampling plan report (Deliverable D3.1). Version 2. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 14 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/125, more
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