Identify
We identify your challenges for clean water!
Microplastics and micropollutants often enter our waters unnoticed and cause considerable damage to our ecosystem. To prevent their spread and ensure reliable compliance with future regulations, we identify the challenges that threaten water quality at an early stage. This allows risks to be identified early on and minimized in a targeted manner.
Using our screnning method, we enable fast and cost-effective detection of microplastic hotspots using a fluorescence technique. This method is suitable for initial site assessments, comparative studies, and monitoring of inputs before detailed analyses are carried out.
Our unique selling points
Early detection
Making pollution visible at an early stage
Regulatory basis
Creating a factual basis for legal requirements
Data support
Supporting decisions with reliable data
Overview of results
Creating transparency regarding loads and reference values
Tire abrasion as the largest source of micropollutants in waterways
57%
of microplastic emissions come from tire wear
136.000t
of tire wear enter Europe’s sewers every year
1kg
of tire abrasion on average per person per year
TyreWearMapping
In collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology (UMSICHT), we developed a model for mapping tire wear, TyreWearMapping, for the Paderborn region in 2024. An interactive map that visualizes hotspots of tire wear and microplastic emissions!
The study in the city and district of Paderborn provides important insights into the distribution and intensity of tire wear as a source of microplastics.
Based on a GIS-supported model that integrates traffic data, road types, speeds, and a gradient curvature data, total emissions were calculated and hotspots identified.
By quantifying this emissions data, measures can be planned in a targeted manner, their effectiveness proven, reporting requirements fulfilled, and efficient solutions for reducing emissions identified.
Other applications
AnalyZE
We analyse microplastics and micropollutants precisely, quickly and reliably. Our analyses provide scalable data to make pollution visible and derive effective strategies.
Eliminate
With our microflotation, we eliminate microplastics and micropollutants from surface water and wastewater. This permanently removes pollutants and particles and ensures sustainable protection for our waters.
We visualise pollution and create a reliable database. This enables sources and entry paths to be identified in a targeted manner!