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Request for offers for monitoring marine litter on beaches in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture & Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) announces the present call for quotations for “Monitoring marine litter on beaches in the Mediterranean” within the framework of the LIFE+ Operating Grant for NGOs....
read moreCloser to a bold EU ban on oxo-degradable plastics
Plastic waste currently accounts for over 80% of marine litter in the EU while half of this amount comes from single-use plastics. At the same time, less than 30% of the nearly 26 million tons of plastic waste generated annually in the EU is collected and reused. As...
read moreJoin the Marine Litter Watch to track marine litter!
Plastic is not so fantastic when it pollutes your favourite beach or the sea where you swim. Each year an estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the world’s oceans. That’s the ′equivalent to five grocery bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline...
read moreFeatured Publication
Marine litter assessment in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. IPA-Adriatic DeFishGear Project, MIO-ECSDE, HCMR and ISPRA, 2017
Featured Publication
Towards a green economy in the Mediterranean, eco-union, MIO-ECSDE, GEC, 2016
Featured Publication
NGO actions to protect and conserve freshwater ecosystems, MIO-ECSDE, 2016
