MARLIPPO – Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution Lecce, 16 May 2023
Workshop to compare experiences in Italy, Slovenia, Albania, Montenegro, Greece
Legambiente: “The marine litter remains a serious threat to the marine ecosystem and to the Mediterranean coasts.
Beach Litter 2023: 72.5% is plastic waste which is confirmed as the most found material
Sampling of microplastics in water at the pilot area of La Spezia
Action B.5.1: Sampling of microplastics on the surface and in the water column
Monitoring on the beach and in the water at the pilot area of the Gargano
Actions C.1, B.5.1 and B.5.2: Monitoring of socks for mussel farming, sampling of microplastics in water and sampling of mussels for ecotoxicological analysis
Beach litter monitoring. Also in Torre Mileto, Foggia, collection and monitoring of nets for mussel farming
500 nets for mussel farming collected in two hours: the monitoring of Life MUSCLES in Torre Mileto, near Foggia, organized by the Circolo Legambiente IRIDE of San Nicandro Garganico.
Beach litter monitoring. In Manfredonia in Puglia, the first beach waste collection and monitoring activity
The monitoring of beached mussel stockings starts from Manfredonia: this activity will be repeated every year, which affects the pilot areas, to evaluate the progress of the project actions