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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...

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...

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.

The International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, organized annually by WHO and UNEP took place from 21 to 27 October2018.

HEAD launched a campaign on 27 May 2018 on “Reducing the risk of plastic pollution on the environment and human health” that was endorsed by the UNEP, in cooperation and coordination with international organizations and with the participation of the “Yadina” organization for Sustainable Local Development and the Lebanese Scouts Association.

Plastic cotton buds are found on beaches and in waterways around the world. Cotton buds largely go unnoticed because they don’t cause major blockages in the sewage systems and many pass through to end up on our beaches, where they are often hard to spot amongst the...