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European Educators Empowered to Be Part οf the Fight Against Marine Litter
Why should we all be concerned about Marine Litter? What do we know so far about the issue and how can we work together to address it? How can we better communicate it and what is our role as educators?
Odour Pollution, a “new” environmental issue
Did you know that odour pollution is the second most common subject of public complaints across Europe? Yet it has been continuously ignored by Governments when planning their environmental policies.
The ACT4LITTER closing conference echoes “Litter Free is the Way to Be!”
More than 130 dedicated marine litter practitioners attended the final conference of ACT4LITTER, held on October 24th in Athens, to celebrate the end of a successful project and spark dialogue, ideas for the future and synergies on dealing with the issue of marine litter in Mediterranean Marine Protected areas.
ACT4LITTER ends with a showcase of Mediterranean stories to curb marine litter
Some 120 managers of marine protected areas, marine litter experts and other stakeholders from the Mediterranean will be at the closing conference of ACT4LITTER, scheduled for October 24th at the Central Building of the University of Athens.
Closer 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...
Join 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...