The first course in a series of 5 courses, developed within the Erasmus+ funded project “Microplastics – tomorrow’s macro problem”.
The course provides excellent material in the field of microplastics, which was contributed mainly by project partners. Various teachers from Slovenia and Italy who actively participated in the project also contributed parts of the material.
Project partners Dermol svetovanje d.o.o. from Litija – Slovenia, the Faculty of Environmental Protection from Velenje – Slovenia, and the NGO CSIG from Taranto in Italy have joined forces to raise awareness of microplastics among young people, teachers and educational institutions.
They would also like to offer teachers in secondary schools and faculties high-quality teaching materials that can be used in schools in the classroom or in extracurricular activities.


The project “Microplastics – tomorrow’s macro problem” has been funded by the European Union from the programme Erasmus+ (2021-1-SI01-KA210-VET-00034536).
The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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Other courses in Microplastics: tomorrow’s macro problem
Interesting hyperlinks
- Plastics Europe Website
- European Chemicals Agency – ECHA
- Immunotoxicity and intestinal effects of nano- and microplastics: a review of the literature
- Joint Research Centre (JRC)
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature – IUCN
- Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: a Global Evaluation of Sources
- IBERDROLA
- Research in Germany (2018)
- An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling
- European Parliament (2020): The environmental impacts of plastics and micro-plastics use, waste and pollution: EU and national measures
- Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects
- European Commission (EC) about the microplastics