Are microplastics in drinking water (harmless) to health?
At the Slovenian Water Institute, we issued a statement on the harmful effects of microplastics on human health. The report was broadcast on the Dnevnik programme on 22 August 2019.
Collaboration between IzVRS and the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Gorenje
The Slovenian Water Institute, in collaboration with the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Faculty of Biotechnology, Department of Biology, and Gorenje, as a co-funding partner, has successfully submitted a research project to the ARRS entitled ‘Degradation of textile microplastics from domestic wastewater’.
Invitation to the ‘Clean Coast 2019’ clean-up campaign
‘Clean Coast’ is a clean-up campaign taking place across Slovenia’s coastal municipalities, now in its tenth year; as well as cleaning up the coastline, it aims to raise public awareness with a view to reducing the amount of new waste entering the marine environment.