Project progress monitoring:
Monitoring of progress will be established via a hierarchy of methods. Day-to-day progress within WPs will be the responsibility of WPLs. On a bi-annual basis, internal progress reports will be generated by each WPL and an overall report compiled by the TPM and will be reviewed at PMB level.
Annual WP action plans will be produced at the start of each year, defining the work in details, which will aid better progress monitoring and assessment of objectives achievement. The major milestones of this project are list below.
Milestone No. | Milestone title | WP No. |
Lead Participant | Due date |
2021 | ||||
MS2 | HLMAN established | WP2 | UBERN | Dec-2021 |
MS17 | H – POPD Requirement No.1 | WP9 | WU | Dec-2021 |
2022 | ||||
MS4 | First picture of (un)intentional plastic uses | WP3 | FIBL-CH | May-2022 |
MS13 | Questionnaires for data collection available | WP7 | FIBL-AT | May-2022 |
MS15 | D&C strategy available | WP8 | UOG | May-2022 |
MS3 | Database structure ready for data storage | WP2 | UBERN | Sep-2022 |
2023 | ||||
MS5 | Practices Groups implemented | WP3 | FIBL-CH | Mar-2023 |
MS1 | Mid-term review meeting | WP1 | WU | Sep-2023 |
MS11 | 13C-labelled MP introduced in soil degradation experiments | WP6 | UCSC | Sep-2023 |
2024 | ||||
MS16 | Preliminary E&S plan validated | WP8 | UOG | Jan-2024 |
MS6 |
Functional microbial endpoint values and diversity data derived from pot and soil microcosms are gathered |
WP4 | UTH | Sep-2024 |
MS9 | Parameterization of model for transport of MNP | WP5 | UL | Sep-2024 |
MS10 | NP extraction method from plants | WP5 | UL | Sep-2024 |
MS12 | First isolates with potential plasticdegrading capacities isolated | WP6 | UCSC | Sep-2024 |
2025 | ||||
MS7 | Diversity indices and toxicity endpoints for soil fauna from soil microcosms to pot experiments |
WP4 | UTH | Jan-2025 |
MS8 | Diversity data from all trophic levels of the soil food web gathered and analysed |
WP4 | UTH | Sep-2025 |
MS14 | Decision Support Tool available | WP7 | FIBL-AT | Sep-2025 |