Baltic Beach Wrack - Conversion of a Nuisance To a Resource and Asset

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-08-10

Description

Description (EN):

The CONTRA project compiles the knowledge required for sustainable management of beach wrack in the Baltic Sea Region and carries out case studies for beach wrack treatment. Beach wrack is organic material washed ashore, e.g. torn off sea grass or brown algae. It can cover Baltic Sea beaches for weeks after storms, rotting into a smelly soup and leaking nutrients back into the water. Managing beach wrack is an issue for local authorities and the tourism industry, in particular of the western and southern Baltic Sea. Wrack management for clean beaches: The CONTRA project aims to change how coastal municipalities perceive and deal with beach wrackand to help develop the knowledge required for its sustainable treatment as part of coastal water management. The project compiles a tool-kit of options for removing and using beach wrack in a useful manner. The tool-kit is meant to help municipalities along the Baltic Sea coast to balance tourists’ demands for clean beaches with environmental protection. Balancing opposing interests and identifying economic opportunities: Current practices to collect beach wrack create a financial burden for local communities. The methods used to collect and dispose of beach wrack, are also often in direct conflict with measures to safeguard the environment. To address this conflict and to balance opposing interests, CONTRA conducts a fair and comprehensive evaluation of all environmental, social and economic aspects of beach wrack management at six case study sites. This evaluation includes ecological impacts of beach wrack collection, to industrial cycles of beach wrack processing and value chains of beach wrack based products or services. Potential products and services include fertilizer, soil improvers, biochar, biocover, coastal protection, biogas production and water quality improvement A beach wrack cooperation network: The project establishes an international network for knowledge exchange, capacity building, awareness raising and promotion of low-treatment or no-treatment options for beach wrack. The consortium comprises of public authorities, businesses, academia and NGOs coming from six countries (Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Russia). Thematically the consortium covers marine systems, coastal tourism, sustainable development as well as administrative structures of the Baltic Sea region.

Achievements (EN):

New multi-discipline and transnational Beach Wrack Network established: CONTRA built a forum dedicated to the sustainable management of beach wrack in the Baltic Sea region, including collection and treatment, whilst protecting beaches as living, natural landscapes. Its cornerstone is the Beach Wrack Network. The members include local authority representatives, beach managers, landowners, coastal engineers, landscape historians, national political decision-makers, nature conservationists, students and scientists, industry representatives, resource managers, private enterprises, and representatives of the tourism industry. The focus of the network is to act as a support facility for policymakers, environmental groups, public authorities, and marine resource management companies on topics related to beach wrack as well as promote sustainable beach wrack management policies and operations in the region. Solutions to use beach wrack in a sustainable way: In order to exploit the potential of beach wrack as a valuable resource for bio-based products or services and, at the same time, positively influence the reduction of eutrophication, the project partners implemented several case studies in countries with different management systems: at the islands of Rügen and Poel in Germany, Køge Municipality in Denmark, in Swedish Kalmar and Öland, and in the gulf of Gdansk in Poland. The German case studies demonstrated that beach wrack could be co-composted to produce soil improvement products, and it was suitable for the production of biochar. In the Polish case, beach wrack was treated in a reed bed system to be used as soil conditioner or fertilizer. These experiences collected across the Baltic Sea helped the partners check the applicability of solutions for local authorities and businesses in coastal destinations that rely on beach tourism. https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/contra/

Website: http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/home.html

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Transnational and cross-discipline stakeholder network Socio-economic baseline report Best practice report for ecologically sound and sustainable beach wrack management solutions. Guidance on beach-wrack processing options Report “Case Studies for development and demonstration of innovative recycling solutions for beach wrack”, including chapters specific to each case study "Tool kit" publication detailing beach wrack management options that help improving the environmental status of coastal systems

Thematic information

Water management Coastal management and maritime issues

Specific Objective: ‘Clear waters’: To increase efficiency of water management for reduced nutrient inflows and decreased discharges of hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea and the regional waters based on enhanced capacity of public and private actors dealing with water quality issues

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06b) investing in the water sector to meet the requirements of the Union's environmental acquis and to address needs, identified by the Member States, for investment that goes beyond those requirements

Partners (14)

Lead Partner: University of Rostock

Department: Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research

Address: Universitätsplatz 1, D-18055 Rostock, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.inf.uni-rostock.de

Total budget: EUR 551 979.65

ERDF budget: EUR 413 984.73

Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Name: Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Address: Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.iopan.gda.pl

Total budget: EUR 229 300.00

ERDF budget: EUR 194 905.00

EUCC - The Coastal Union Germany

Name: EUCC - The Coastal Union Germany

Address: Friedrich-Barnewitz-Str. 3, 18119 Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.eucc-d.de

Total budget: EUR 246 487.50

ERDF budget: EUR 184 865.62

KS-VTCtech GmbH

Name: KS-VTCtech GmbH

Address: Auf dem Hohenborn 30, 27777 Ganderkesee, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.ks-vtctech.com/

Total budget: EUR 119 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 89 550.00

Stowarzyszenie Gmin RP Euroregion Bałtyk

Name: Stowarzyszenie Gmin RP Euroregion Bałtyk

Address: Stary Rynek 25, 82-300 Elbląg, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.eurobalt.org.pl

Total budget: EUR 74 483.75

ERDF budget: EUR 63 311.18

Linnéuniversitetet

Name: Linnéuniversitetet

Department: Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science

Address: Landgången 3, SE - 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lnu.se

Total budget: EUR 259 052.50

ERDF budget: EUR 194 289.37

Keskkonnaministeerium

Name: Keskkonnaministeerium

Department: Department of marine environment

Address: Narva mnt 7a, 15172 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.envir.ee

Total budget: EUR 29 931.40

ERDF budget: EUR 25 441.69

Tartu Ülikool

Name: Tartu Ülikool

Department: Estonian Marine Institute

Address: Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ut.ee

Total budget: EUR 179 950.00

ERDF budget: EUR 152 957.50

Атлантическое отеделние института океанологии им. П.П. Ширшова РАН

Name: Атлантическое отеделние института океанологии им. П.П. Ширшова РАН

Department: Laboratory for Coastal Systems Study

Address: Prospect Mira 1, 236022 Kaliningrad, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ocean.ru/eng/

Total budget: EUR 89 996.42

ENI budget: EUR 76 496.95

University of Southern Denmark

Name: University of Southern Denmark

Department: Department of Biology

Address: Campusvej 55 , 5230 Odense, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sdu.dk

Total budget: EUR 175 292.00

ERDF budget: EUR 131 469.00

Krinova AB

Name: Krinova AB

Address: Stridsvagnsvägen 14, SE-29139 Kristianstad, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.krinova.se

Total budget: EUR 243 631.40

ERDF budget: EUR 182 723.55

Køge Kommune

Name: Køge Kommune

Department: The Technical and Environmental Administration

Address: Torvet 1, 4600 Køge, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.koege.dk

Total budget: EUR 116 191.25

ERDF budget: EUR 87 143.43

Gdansk University of Technology

Name: Gdansk University of Technology

Department: Water and Wastewater Technology

Address: Narutowicza St 11/12 , 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.pg.edu.pl

Total budget: EUR 109 505.00

ERDF budget: EUR 93 079.25

Hanseatische Umwelt CAM Gesellschaft für Naturstoffe und biologsche Bodensanierung mbH

Name: Hanseatische Umwelt CAM Gesellschaft für Naturstoffe und biologsche Bodensanierung mbH

Address: Waldstraße 10, 18233 Sandhagen, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.hanseatischeumwelt.de/

Total budget: EUR 139 980.00

ERDF budget: EUR 104 985.00

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University of Rostock

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Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences

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EUCC - Die Küsten Union Deutschland e.V.

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KS-VTCtech GmbH

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Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic

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Linnaeus University

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Estonian Ministry of the Environment

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University of Tartu

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Atlantic Branch of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS

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Syddansk Universitet

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Krinova AB

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Municipality of Køge

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Gdansk University of Technology

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Hanseatic Environment CAM GmbH

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Summary

Project name (EN): Baltic Beach Wrack - Conversion of a Nuisance To a Resource and Asset

Project acronym: CONTRA

Project start date: 2019-01-01

Project end date: 2021-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 565 180.87

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 995 202.27

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 77.80%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 918 705.32.
ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 76 496.95.

Third-country contribution: 38 248.48

Documents

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Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

contra – Conversion Of a Nuisance To a Resource and Asset

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/contra/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Reports

Socioeconomic impacts of beach wrack management

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-07-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Ecological aspects of sustainable beach wrack management

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/ B

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Guidance and inspiration towards increased resource utilization based on innovative treatment options

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case studies for innovative solutions of beach wrack use

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Beach wrack of the Baltic Sea - Challenges for sustainable use and management

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Environmental aspects of beach wrack remova

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Legal aspects of beach wrack management in the Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2020-07-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Identification of national, regional and EU regulations with respect to beach wrack

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Stakeholder awareness of beach wrack: A baseline report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Policy Brief | Towards sustainable solutions for beach wrack use and recycling

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Factsheet about beach wrack cycles and consequences of beach wrack removal

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Beach Wrack Dunes - Measures for sustainable coastal protection

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Beack Wrack Fences - Measures for sustainable coastal protection

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

CONTRA Flyer

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Beach Wrack Management | A Beach Manager's perspective

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

An Economic Instrument to Address Beach Wrack

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2020-12-09

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Seegras und Treibsel - Altbekannte Strandressource neu entdeckt

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Belastung von Wildtieren durch maschinelle Strandreinigungen

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-02-08

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Anthropogene Effekte auf die Avifauna an Sandstränden der deutschen Ostseeküste

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2020-03-04

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Kann Treibsel als Bodenhilfsstoff genutzt werden?

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-05-20

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Emissions of macroalgae and seagrasses in the Russian part of the south-east Baltic seaside (Russian)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2020-12-31

Languages: en, ru

Attachment file: Download

Solving the Beach Wrack Problems by On-Site Treatment with Reed Beds Towards Fertilizer Amendments

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2019-08-17

Languages: en

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Charakterisierung der Nährstoffabgabe aus verschiedenen Strandanwurf-Gemischen und -Bestandteilen der westlichen Ostseeküste

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-02-08

Languages: de

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Wissenschaftliche Abschlussarbeit im Rahmen der Ersten Staatsprüfung für das Lehramt an Gymnasien - Freisetzung von wasserlöslichen Nährstoffverbindungen aus dem Strandanwurf (Treibsel) der westlichen Ostseeküste

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-08-02

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

An Impact Assessment of Beach Wrack and Litter on Beach Ecosystem Services to Support Coastal Management at the Baltic Sea

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Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-09-09

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Presentations

Welcome to the CONTRA final conference

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Natural life cycle of beach wrack

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

WrackCover - Building landfill biocover out of beach wrack to mitigate

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

WRACK4COAST – using beach wrack for dune restoration for coastal protection

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

FERTIWRACK – use of reed bed systems for integrated treatment of beach wrack for the production of soil conditioner/fertilizer

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Beach wrack and the issue of methane release, the case of Køge Beach

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

COASTAL Biogas – use of cast seaweed to mitigate eutrophication

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Value chains of Beach Wrack management

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

WRACK4SOIL - Using beach wrack for the production of compost and soil

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case Study 2: Beach Wrack Conversion (BWC)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Description: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The Baltic Beach Wrack Thermal Recovery And Relevant Analytical Performances

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Future challenges, recommendations and next steps from a CONTRA perspective

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Beach Wrack Network - Official launch

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

EU Funding opportunities for beach wrack ideas

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

UNMANAGED BEACHES FROM A CLIMATE AND LAND-MARINE POINT OF VIEW

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/ B

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

100 % natural resources from land and sea

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Isomorph srl and the beach wrack

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

CONTRA Final Conference - Debate

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-08

Languages: en

CONTRA Final Conference - Fishbowl Discussion

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.beachwrack-contra.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-27

Document date: 2021-06-08

Languages: en

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-06-16

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

200 / 200 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

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