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On the 8th of June, the Plastic Busters MPAs team celebrated the World Oceans Day and reminded everyone of the major role the oceans have in everyday life.

24/07/2019

On the 29th of June 2019, a team of some 50 volunteers including scientists, citizens and scuba divers came together at the National Marine Park of Zakynthos for a challenging task: to cleanup the...

19/07/2019

To-date significant progress has been achieved within the Plastic Busters MPAs project, with the studying phase – aiming to define the key elements of the harmonized marine litter monitoring and...

01/07/2019

The Plastic Busters MPAs sampling and monitoring activities symbolically kicked-off in the newly established MPA of Capo Milazzo in the beginning of May 2019.

01/06/2019

The Plastic Busters MPAs team is ready to take you on a journey to the Pelagos Sanctuary for the most comprehensive monitoring and sampling activities ever realized in this Specially Protected Areas...

30/05/2019

The Plastic Busters MPAs National Info Day of Spain took place within MARLICE 2019, an International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy which brought together more than 200 stakeholders from...

01/05/2019

The implementing and associated partners of the Plastic Busters MPAs project will meet in the old city of Bonifacio in Corsica for the 2nd Steering Committee Meeting on the 6th and 7th of November,...

02/11/2018

The Plastic Busters MPAs project went on its first marine litter research expedition in the Pelagos Sanctuary in the summer of 2018. Researchers of the University of Siena tested a comprehensive...

25/07/2018

The key actors of the Plastic Busters share their reflections and aspirations for this initiative in a short film released in March 2018. The film depicts the priority actions needed to tackle marine...

25/07/2018

On the 17th of April 2018 the Interreg Med Plastic Busters MPAs kicked off with the aim to address the impacts of marine litter in coastal and pelagic protected areas through actions that deal with...

01/05/2018