Project | Jan, 2019
- Dec, 2022
Plastic Free Islands in the Mediterranean

Overview and objectives
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This project seeks to address the little-address problem of plastic waste leakage from island states. Over 10 million tons of plastic waste enters the ocean every year . Many efforts on minimising…
- Objective:
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1. Improve knowledge of waste generation among 2 target islands and policy recommendations to reduce plastic waste generation and enhance disposal. 2. Enhance adoption of plastic leakage reduction…
Featured Content

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Widely regarded as one of the most threatened environments in the world, the Mediterranean Sea is subject now to ubiquitous plastic pollution. As a result of high population densities, lack of…

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The Republic of Cyprus has the highest per-capita plastic waste generation in Europe. Around 8-10% of this plastic is either mismanaged or leaks into the environment. This is due to the fact that the…

Grey literature
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2021
This report gives an overview of the relevant literature concerning the sources, impacts and possible management and/or policy measures of ghost gear, which is supplemented by the outcomes of a…

Grey literature
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2021
As a result of a previous gap analysis, the plastic hotspot assessment and the stakeholders’ consultation, this report provides a series of recommendations for plastic pollution.

Grey literature
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2021
As a result of a previous gap analysis, the Plastic Hotspot Assessment, and the stakeholders’ consultation, this report provides a series of recommendations which will help achieve the plastic…

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Este informe se centra en ofrecer una orientación clara sobre la prevención de los residuos plásticos en Menorca. Tiene la función de servir como plan de acción para los responsables de la toma de…

Grey literature
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2021
The main objective of this research was to carry out an economic assessment of an instrument to reinforce the implementation of the plastics circular economy (CE) in the waste management sector in…


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In Menorca, plastic waste per capita generation (60 kg/cap/year) is close to the Western Europe average (64 kg/cap year), according to the National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and…

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According to the National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action Report for the Republic of Cyprus1 ,the plastic waste generation per capita is very high, and amounts to 94 kg…

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This document shares best practices to scale up results, scale up results to achieve a zero pollution in islands.
Project at a glance
Start date:
Jan, 2019
End date:
Dec, 2022
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