This document is the Public summary on the Exploitation Plan, presenting a synopsis of the MAELSTROM Exploitation Plan deliverable. The objective of the exploitation plan is to identify the main economic and noneconomic issues, relevant to prepare a realistic business plan for further uptake of MAELSTROM’s solutions for marine litter (ML) removal. To achieve such an objective, the present exploitation plan is based on a Validation-Identification-Preparation (V.I.P.) approach. To provide an analysis as effective as possible a mix of methodologies were utilised.