
Overview of our research and development projects
Here you will find a list of our current and completed projects. We are proud to say that we have already successfully acquired research funding and will continue to do so thanks to our non-profit status and our "open-innovation approach". This provides us with a degree of continuity.
In addition, we try to fill information gaps with our own projects and dispel myths through transparent data collection and communication. These types of projects are financed exclusively through sponsorship and donations.

In our research project konti | detect we develop a multifunctional, continuous detection and evaluation tool for microplastics in water. This will provide comprehensive, harmonized sampling and thus qualified data acquisition of microplastic contamination in surface waters, seawater, and wastewater.

The NEoPoly project is involves the development of a removal technology for the economic removal of water-soluble synthetic polymers from industrial wastewater based on circular process control and the resource-saving use of innovative process chemicals. This is a project from abcr GmbH and Wasser 3.0 gGmbH and is funded by the innovation promotion of the state Baden-Wuerttemberg.

At the Landau-Mörlheim wastewater treatment plant operated by Entsorgungs- und Wirtschaftsbetriebe Landau i.d.Pfalz (EWL), the Wasser 3.0 PE-X® process was used for the first time in a long-term trial in municipal wastewater. Accompanied by the continuous detection of microplastics, extensive data sets were obtained.
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More news in our blog
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3. October 2025
Ocean Bound Plastics: Ecological revolution or marketing myth? Scientific facts expose the "solution" that is 20 times more expensive as a greenwashing tool. Real data on energy balance, costs and availability – beyond advertising promises.
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