A standing citizen science network for beach litter counts

The centre commits to training volunteer groups on a single survey protocol, to quality-checking every submission and to publishing the cleaned litter counts as open data within a month of each survey round.

The commitment

24 beaches surveyed four times a year by trained volunteers, with the data published openly, from 2027 to 2030.

Baseline and target values as registered by the organisation

Progress reporting against these indicators is planned for a later phase of the platform.

Partners

Four volunteer diving and hiking clubs, a provincial environment department