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Mediterranean project and ISPRA, plastic represents 65% of floating waste in the sea

Mediterranean project and ISPRA, plastic represents 65% of floating waste in the sea

Available the new results on the presence of floating waste in the sea that emerge from the collaboration between Associazione Progetto Mediterranea and ISPRA in the context of the "Floating Litter", an Advanced Citizen Science project to study sea pollution.
The Mediterranea ship sailed between May and September 2022 in the Strait of Sicily, the Gulf of Taranto and along the Adriatic coast as far as Venice. During the route, the crew made a series of sightings of floating waste as part of the observation and documentation program established with researchers from ISPRA and the Ministry of the Environment.

"Even in the 2022 campaign - say the ISPRA researchers quoted in a press release from Progetto Mediterranea - marine litter was observed in all areas travelled, further demonstrating the vast incidence of the 'marine litter' phenomenon. Plastic materials are the main defendants of the phenomenon, with a percentage of around 65% of all the waste detected."

Press release (ita)