LitterDrone intends to develop a pilot system for the characterization of marine litter in Europe’s coasts. For this it will employ new technologies like unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with high resolution cameras that will perform monitoring in beaches belonging to the Spanish national program of marine litter monitoring in beaches in order to test their technical and commercial potential.

The LITTERDRONE PROJECT IS FINANCED BY THE “BLUE LABS: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR MARITIME CHALLENGES”, IMPLEMENTED BY EASME (EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES) AS PART OF THE EUROPEAN MARITIME AND FISHERIES FUND WORK PROGRAMME