Job Description
We are seeking a candidate with expertise in environmental science and sustainability metrics. The candidate will help design and evaluate the environmental KPIs and traceability metrics for our real-world marine plastic offset interventions, ensuring scientific integrity in impact measurement.
This internship is directly aligned with our EIT-supported innovation project to validate marine plastic cleanup as a measurable and reportable climate action service.
This is your opportunity to:
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Join a dynamic, international, and impact-driven team
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Contribute to a mission that protects marine ecosystems and supports global climate goals
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Collaborate in an experienced team strongly involved in international collaborations
Key Outcomes
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Contribute to translating field data into climate and ESG-aligned reporting frameworks
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Contribute to modeling emissions savings and assessing environmental benefits of plastic offset actions
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Co-author scientific publications and participate in proposal development related to climate-neutrality metrics
Main Tasks
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Co-develop environmental impact KPIs and traceability metrics for our marine cleanup interventions
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Support lifecycle analysis (LCA), carbon accounting, and biodiversity impact assessment
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Recommend measurement and modeling approaches to evaluate ecosystem-climate interactions
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Contribute to outreach activities and scientific publications
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Write own research proposals related to Recycllux’s mission
Type of Stream: Deep-Tech Talents (research-focused internship)
Required Qualifications
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PhD candidate or MSc graduate in Environmental Science, Climate Science, Geography, or related fields
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Knowledge of lifecycle analysis, impact assessment, or ecosystem modeling
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Familiarity with ESG, SDG, and climate-neutrality frameworks
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Research experience with impact evaluation or nature-based solutions
Soft Skills
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Excellent analytical and written communication skills
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Fluent in English (spoken and written)
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Organized, self-motivated, and collaborative mindset
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Interdisciplinary thinking and openness to stakeholder-driven innovation
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience in research-policy interface or science communication
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Publications or contributions to EU-level research projects or climate initiatives
Other information
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Location: Remote
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Duration: 3–6 months (to be defined with the selected candidate)
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Start Date: Flexible, from Summer/Autumn 2025
The internship is funded through the InnoNext program, with the possibility to lead to long-term employment depending on performance and alignment with Recycllux’s growth plans.
👉 If you meet the InnoNext eligibility criteria, register and apply here: https://www.innonext-project.eu/en/talents
📚 FAQ: https://www.innonext-project.eu/en/faq
The selected candidate will be mentored by Recycllux’s senior team and supported in developing interdisciplinary research outputs with real-world application in climate action and marine conservation.
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At Recycllux, we're building a deep-tech platform to fight marine plastic pollution in a way that’s transparent, data-driven, and scalable. Our mission is to turn marine plastic from a burden into an opportunity - empowering companies to fund verified cleanups and showcase climate-smart, regulation-aligned impact.
Using proprietary AI models on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite data, we detect plastic accumulation zones at sea. These insights feed into our intervention portal, where we dynamically match these pollution spots with local cleanup capacity (similar to how ride-sharing platforms match drivers with riders). By empowering local actors - fishing vessels, NGOs, recyclers, repurposing partners, and art high schools (for waste-to-art contests for students) - we create new value chains around otherwise unrecyclable plastic. This not only reduces emissions but boosts employment (into the local coastal economies), awareness, and shared ownership of marine protection.
Everything is tracked on blockchain, creating a certified, tamper-proof chain of custody (from detection to recycling/repurposing). Through a transparent, auditable dashboard, manufacturers can access real-time KPIs such as volumes collected, plastic types, CO₂ savings, and recycling rates - allowing them to quantify their plastic offsetting efforts and integrate them seamlessly into sustainability and compliance frameworks.
Recycllux transforms marine plastic cleanup into a verifiable, reportable, and integrable digital service, embedding traceability and circularity into the digital and green transition of Europe’s manufacturing sector.
Because our system is CapEx-light and built for decentralized collaboration, it enables rapid integration across supply chains and regions, helping manufacturers localize action, reduce emissions, and align with circular economy goals across all EU markets.
After finalizing our MVP during EIT Climate-KIC’s Black Sea ClimAccelerator, our results were published on the European Commission’s Horizon Results Platform in 2023 (ID: 58919).
In 2024, we secured partnerships for intervention deployment along the Romanian Black Sea coast, won the Black Sea Common Maritime Agenda’s Project Award for Healthy Marine Ecosystems and the BRIDGE Black Sea High-Tech Summit Investors’ Award as the most bankable project.
In 2025, our impact was further acknowledged through official inclusion of our action in the EU Mission Oceans Charter. In April 2025, Recycllux was recognized as one of the Change100 Sustainability Startups to Watch Worldwide, highlighting our global potential to drive impactful environmental innovation.
Thanks to our recent traction - two signed pilot customers in Romania and a grant from Social Tides & Google - we are now finalizing the commercial version of our platform. The full-scale pilot deployment will take place in September 2025, along Romania’s Black Sea coast. This pilot will support our transition to TRL 6/7, with demonstrated system performance in an operational environment and will serve as the springboard for commercialization and expansion to other sea basins starting with the Mediterranean in 2026.
