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Let’s Sort Initiative in Lebanon
On 11 March 2016, the Makhzoumi Foundation in Lebanon launched an environmental initiative called "Let’s Sort…Let’s Start the First Step Together", in collaboration with Cedar Environmental, to encourage neighborhoods to start sorting solid (inorganic) waste. In...
MIO-ECSDE member LEF is helping Lebanon fight for a Plastic-free Mediterranean
The European Union is supporting the MIO-ECSDE member organisation Lebanese Environment Forum (LEF), together with the Lebanon Eco Movement, for two years with a grant of €995,000 to: Tackle the sources of marine pollution and its impact on the marine ecosystems and...
Malta wins one of the seven European Sustainability Awards 2019
The Għajn National Water Conservation Awareness Centre in Malta, managed by the Energy and Water Agency, won the prestigious European Sustainability Award for 2019. The award aims to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals in the European Union by giving...
HEAD surveys marine litter & microplastics in Lebanon
For the third year in a row, HEAD conducted a monitoring survey for marine litter & microplastics in Byblos, Lebanon (26th of May 2019). The survey was combined with the Clean Up the Med campaign of another MIO-ECSDE member organization Legambiente. The Minister...
“Clean Up the Med” ran again in 2019
Legambiente launched again this year the “Clean Up the Med” campaign for 24-25-26 May 2019. This yearly action aims to collect waste from beaches, to study marine litter and advocate for common policies to reduce the impact of plastic waste. Explore their Facebook...
Nature Trust Malta protects wetlands and fights plastic pollution
The Maltese Natura 2000 sites Il Ballut at Marsaxlokk and il Maghluq at Marsascala, are important wetlands for migrating avifauna and also the home of the endemic killifish. Close to becoming extinct, a breeding programme for the killifish sub species has begun.