Year 2025

• Sustainable management of coastal organic waste: A pilot study on beach wrack treatment in reed bed system

  Publication

  • A. Kupczyk

  - Journal of Ecological Engineering - Year 2025

  Beach wrack (BW), a natural accumulation of marine organic material on coastal shorelines, presents significant management challenges due to its high water content and nutrient-rich composition. This study investigates the use of a reed bed system (RBS) for processing BW and its mixture with compost. A pilot facility was established to evaluate dewatering efficiency, stabilization processes, and changes in key parameters such as...

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Year 2021

• Converting beach wrack into a resource as a challenge for the Baltic Sea (an overview)

  Publication

  • B. Chubarenko
  • J. Woelfel
  • J. Hofmann
  • S. Aldag
  • J. Bełdowski
  • J. Burlakovs
  • T. Garrels
  • J. Gorbunova
  • S. Guizani
  • A. Kupczyk... and 7 others

  - OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT - Year 2021

  The paper distinguishes beach wrack, the marine generated organic part of beach cast, as a separate management object and discusses research questions related to its management and economically viable use. Based on experiences from the Baltic Sea and existing practices from countries with different management systems clear distinction between the management of natural and anthropogenic components of cast material is seen as an...

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