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CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.

Plastic Litter Project 2018: a feasibility study on detecting plastics in the aquatic environment using drones and satellite images

(Corresponding) Topouzelis K., Papakonstantinou A., Garaba S., Doukari M., Chatziantoniou A., Spondylidis S.
Topic: 
Marine environment and coastal management
Plastic litter has been shown to pose a significant problem in the marine environment and the food chain at all trophic levels. Within the scope of Plastic Project 2018, we investigated the prospective use of imaging technology on airborne and spaceborne platforms in detecting floating plastic...Read more
Keywords: 
floating plastic litter, remote sensing, spectral reflectance of plastics, drones, UAV, UAS, pollution
Conference: 
CEST2019
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00490

THE FATE OF MICROPLASTICS DURING THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF THERMALLY PRETREATED SLUDGE

(Corresponding) Cesaro A., Pirozzi F., Zafirakou A., Alexandraki A.
Topic: 
Microplastics in water treatment: fate, toxicity assessment and removal technologies
The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the water environment has raised as an issue of great concern, mainly due to their persistence and potential adverse effects on biota. Municipal wastewater treatment plants have been claimed among the most important point source of MPs. Nevertheless, they act...Read more
Keywords: 
biological process, plastics, pollution, polymers, thermal pretreatment
Conference: 
CEST2021
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00221