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Municipalities

Municipalities Coastal data for better decisions

We help municipalities and territories understand their coastline better, prioritise actions and turn every action into useful information for management, blue tourism and ocean protection.

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Dron, app de campo y boyas con datos en tiempo real de Universal Plastic
Aerial observation Field recording with the app Real-time data
Who we are

A technical partner to understand and protect the coast

  • Universal Plastic helps public administrations and territories observe, understand and manage coastal pollution.
  • We combine citizen participation, aerial observation, environmental data and digital tools.
  • We turn observations into useful information to act and communicate results.
Concello de Xove Governo de Angola
Ayuntamiento de Gijón
Gobierno de España · Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital Ayuntamiento de Blanes Universidad de Oviedo
Conectados con UNESCO-IOC / ODIS ODIS ONDAs Data Space
The problem we solve

You can't manage a coastline well if you don't know it well

01

Lack of data

Information on beaches and waste is usually fragmented.

02

Costs

Many clean-up operations are reactive and planned from manual inspections.

03

Operational fragmentation

It is hard to show what is happening, where to act and what result public investment has had.

04

Low visibility

Residents want to take part, but they need a simple and useful way to do it.

De la acción local al conocimiento oceánico global

Every data point follows a traceable, connected and actionable journey.

OBSERVE

From the field to data

UNDERSTAND

From data to knowledge

DECIDE

From knowledge to action

1

Observamos

Datos en el territorio

2

Verificamos

Datos trazables

4

Contribuimos

Conectamos con UNESCO-IOC.

5

Procesamos

Aplicamos algoritmos propios

6

Generamos

Inteligencia para tomar mejores decisiones

How a municipality can work with us

A first project that is concrete, manageable and delivers visible results

01

Choose

A clear need and a well-defined territory.

02

Activate

One of the products you'll see below.

03

Deliver

Deliver, measure and communicate. 04 Evaluate — Continuation or expansion.

04

Evaluate

Continuation or expansion.

Blue Resilience: From Observation to Operational Intelligence
Solutions for municipalities

Three ways to start understanding and protecting your coastline

At a glance. Concrete programmes, activated in phases and designed to generate your own data from the first project — explore the one that best fits your challenge.

Data-Driven Beaches

→ Solution 01

Sustainable tourism and citizen science: residents help care for the beach while generating data.

Efficient Coastline

→ Solution 02

Aerial drone diagnosis that prioritises where to clean before mobilising resources.

Data-Driven Rivers

→ Solution 03

Monitoring in the riverbed to detect plastic pollution before it reaches the sea.
Visibility and public return

An investment that is delivered, measured and can be shown

We prepare the results so the municipality can be accountable, mobilise the community and communicate progress clearly.

Public Presentation of a Universal Plastic Project in Collaboration with a Municipality
01

Launch

Institutional photo and approved messages.

02

Press release

Material ready for media and municipal communications.

03

Content

Pieces for municipal websites and social media.

04

Signage

QR codes and citizen participation where relevant.

05

Maps and indicators

Visual results to communicate progress.

06

Final presentation

Results story and next steps.

Visibility is not a cosmetic extra: it helps with accountability, mobilises the community and recognises the municipality's public leadership.

Start with a specific territory

Your municipality can start with a simple, manageable project that generates data, improves beach management, mobilises residents and communicates visible results.

That first step lays the foundation for a smarter, territorial blue economy, with Blue Resilience OS as the next technology level when the municipality wants to scale.

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