Throughout 2021, we have been cooperating with European experts on marine litter to assess the data accumulated in Marine Litter Watch database. The new ETC/ICM technical report assesses the beach litter data collected until 2020 under the Marine Litter Watch initiative. Assessment of the data may help strengthen Europe’s knowledge base on beach litter and thus provide support to relevant/interrelated European policies in tackling plastic pollution and marine litter.
The technical report, published on 22 December 2021, is available from the ETC/ICM website: Marine litter and European beaches: learning from citizen science.