Politehnica University of Timișoara hosted 46 high school students for the EcoChem Summer University between July 17–24. The camp was organized by the Chemist Students’ League from Timișoara in collaboration with the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnologies and Environmental Protection.
The students participated in various activities in the fields of environmental and chemical engineering. Among the educational activities, they were introduced also to the area of water and wastewater treatment. During the laboratory activities, the removal of plastic particles from water using various commercial filtering materials constituted one of the major topics.
Students were very happy to develop filtering systems based on various filtering layers to get the best plastic removal efficiency. Also, the impact of the plastic presence on the water treatment was discussed as debate, taking into account plastic sources and the risk on human health.



