PERSEUS recognizes Marine Litter as an important environmental threat. After participating in the pilot testing of the smartphone application Marine LitterWatch (MLW), developed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) during the summer season of 2013, PERSEUS is now creating an extensive survey network dedicated on beach marine litter, by launching the PERSEUS-MLW campaign.

Through its extensive partners network, PERSEUS is actively promoting the collection of marine litter data on beaches in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, extended at some points even in the Atlantic Ocean!

On the launch (1 May 2014) of the PERSEUS-MLW Campaign, a total of 41 PERSEUS-beaches have been adopted by PERSEUS partner Institutes in Tunisia (2), Morocco (4), France (5), Italy (8), Malta (1), Israel (5), Spain (3), Turkey (1), Greece (2), Cyprus (1), Bulgaria (4), Romania (5); these beaches will be surveyed four times per year for marine litter by using Marine LitterWatch application.

The aim of the PERSEUS-MLW Campaign is to create a panorama on beach marine litter data, enhance environmental awareness and involve citizens and scientists into PERSEUS main concept of Clean Seas by 2020!

For more information on the Campaign, please visit PERSEUS Marine LitterWatch Campaign