Civil societyA Marine Conservation NGO · Italy
Eyewear frames from ghost nets
Nylon nets collected during coastal clean-ups were recycled into eyewear frames; sales income funds new clean-up dives.
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Practices against marine litter put into action by organisations worldwide and reviewed by editors. Filter by organisation type, region and practice type.
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Local governmentA Metropolitan Municipality · Brazil
Coastal clean-up volunteer network
Neighbourhood volunteer teams, a monthly clean-up calendar and reporting by litter type turned coastal clean-ups from one-off events into a regular, measurable programme.
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Public bodyA Port Authority · Spain
Digitalising the port waste reception facility
Type and quantity of waste received from ships is now logged in real time; illegal discharge reports fell and reporting time dropped from days to minutes.
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Public bodyA Provincial Governorate · Türkiye
Cigarette butt-free beaches
Pocket ashtrays handed out through beach operators, collection points at beach entrances and a season-long information campaign cut cigarette butt litter in the sand at source.
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Local governmentA Coastal Municipality · Chile
Deposit return scheme in beach towns
Beverage bottles bought in beach towns carry a small deposit refunded at kiosks and beach entrances; bottle litter on the shoreline dropped in the first summer.
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Public bodyA County Education Office · Kenya
Marine litter awareness programme in schools
Hands-on workshops and a shoreline observation diary in coastal schools taught pupils to recognise, classify and report marine litter.
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AcademiaA University Research Centre · Indonesia
River mouth litter barrier pilot
Seasonal measurement and source analysis of litter trapped by a floating barrier at a river mouth; results will be presented to local authorities for waste management decisions.
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AcademiaA National Research Institute · Japan
Drone-based beach litter monitoring
Quarterly drone surveys and image classification replaced manual transect counts on 12 beaches, producing comparable litter density maps at a fraction of the cost.
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Civil societyA Fishing Cooperative · Netherlands
Fishing for Litter programme
Litter caught in fishing nets is landed in dedicated harbour bags instead of being thrown back; monthly tonnage per vessel is logged, making fishers part of the clean-up.
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Private sectorA Telecom Operator · Türkiye
Ghost nets turned into volleyball nets
Abandoned fishing nets recovered from the seabed by volunteer dive teams are re-woven into beach volleyball nets and donated to coastal facilities and schools.
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