# Center for Microplastic Prevention

**Source**: https://www.cs.tum.de/en/research/mpv/center-for-microplastic-prevention
**Parent**: https://mib.cs.tum.de/en/

## Preventing microplastics.  Rethinking materials.  Proving effectiveness.

Microplastics are one of the most pressing environmental problems of our time. They are produced along the entire value chain of modern materials – from raw material extraction to use and abrasion to disposal and recycling – and can now be detected in almost all environmental compartments.

The **Center for Microplastic Avoidance and Removal** brings together interdisciplinary research to **systematically prevent** microplastics, **reduce emissions**, and develop **scientifically sound alternatives**. Our approach combines polymer chemistry, biotechnology, environmental sciences, and process engineering – from molecular material development to the assessment of real environmental impacts.

## Our goal

To develop materials, processes, and strategies that not only replace microplastics but prevent their formation in the first place – evidence-based, measurable, and implementable.

## Key areas at a glance

- Prevention of microplastics at source
- Biodegradable and bio-based polymers with reliable degradation behavior
- Analytics, standards, and methods for quantifying microplastics
- Technologies for removing microplastics from water and material flows
- System evaluation, regulation, and transfer into application and policy