Solutions for the Black Sea 

Model characteristics

  • Model name: MARINA-Plastics
  • Version: Europe-1.0
  • Application: The drainage area of the Black Sea
  • Scales: sub-basins and annual
  • Period: 2010-2100
  • Pollutants: microplastics (<5mm)
  • Sources: point (sewage containing plastics from laundry, car tyres, household dust and personal care products and open defecation via laundry and the use of personal care products)
  • Main inputs: population connected to sewage systems, removal efficiencies, consumption/production rates for personal care products, car tyres, dust and laundry, hydrology
  • Main outputs: river export of microplastics by source and sub-basin

Modelling approach

Figure 1: Conceptual framework of the model application to the drainage area of the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2022)
Figure 1: Conceptual framework of the model application to the drainage area of the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2022)

Model outputs (example)

Figure 2: Identified solutions for reducing microplastics from 107 sub-basins draining into the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2022).
Figure 2: Identified solutions for reducing microplastics from 107 sub-basins draining into the Black Sea (Strokal et al., 2022).