Global Practice – Tackling Marine Litter EMFF MARINE LITTER RESEARCH PROJECT 0 Keep Wales Tidy, Marine Conservation Society and Eunomia Consulting have been successful in a partnership bid to Welsh Government to undertake research into Marine Litter in Wales. Thanks to funding through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, this research will provide critical knowledge to support the delivery of the Marine Litter Action Plan for Wales and the Marine Strategic Framework Directive. The Clean Seas Wales Partnership is the multi-stakeholder group which represents Welsh Government and Local Authorities, port and harbour authorities, the fishing industry and private and third sector partners who have come together to take forward the Marine Litter Action Plan (MLAP) for Wales. © Copyright Information: All images used are open source unless otherwise stated. Front page image: Full page image of the ‘Cragen’ courtesy of Small World Theatre’ Top of page: Left: EU Investment logo Top Right: Welsh Government Logo Bottom Right: Clean Seas Wales Logo Bottom of page: Right to left: Keep Wales Tidy Logo, Eunomia logo, Marine Conservation Society logo 1 © Crown Copyright WG 39232 Digital ISBN 978-1-80082-178-1 Contents Glossary .........................................................................................................................................................5 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................6 Policy Context ................................................................................................................................................7 Wales Activity ................................................................................................................................................9 Organisations and Programmes ............................................................................................................. 10 Keep Wales Tidy ................................................................................................................................. 10 Wildlife Trusts Wales .......................................................................................................................... 13 Welsh Water ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Community activity ................................................................................................................................ 15 Cardiff Rivers Group – City Rivers....................................................................................................... 15 Llangattock Litter Pickers – Rural Roads ............................................................................................ 15 Neptune’s Army of Rubbish Cleaners (NARC) - Deep Sea Divers ....................................................... 15 Funded Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Criccieth Litter Project ........................................................................................................................ 16 Litter Free Coast & Sea Somerset ....................................................................................................... 17 The Cragen - Small World Theatre ..................................................................................................... 18 Big Dee Day......................................................................................................................................... 18 UK Activity .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Organisations & Programmes ................................................................................................................ 21 Marine Conservation Society (MCS) ................................................................................................... 21 Have You Got the Bottle? The Campaign for a UK Deposit Return System (DRS) ............................. 22 Marine Litter Action Network (MLAN) ............................................................................................... 23 Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) ............................................................................................................. 24 FIDRA .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Keep Britain Tidy ................................................................................................................................ 26 City to Sea ........................................................................................................................................... 26 The Beach Clean Network .................................................................................................................. 27 SCRAPbook ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Fishing for Litter (UK) ......................................................................................................................... 30 Community activity ................................................................................................................................ 31 Turning Tides Partnership .................................................................................................................. 31 Litter Free Coast and Sea Dorset ........................................................................................................ 32 Cornwall Plastic Pollution Coalition.................................................................................................... 33 Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT) .................................................................................... 33 East Haven Together .......................................................................................................................... 34 2 © Crown Copyright WG 39232 Digital ISBN 978-1-80082-178-1 Solway Firth Partnership .................................................................................................................... 34 East Grampian Coastal Partnership - Turning the Plastic Tide ........................................................... 35 European Activity ....................................................................................................................................... 37 Munich Single-use Item Ban at Public Events – “Münchner Einwegverbot” ..................................... 37 RECUP ................................................................................................................................................. 38 reCIRCLE ............................................................................................................................................. 39 Copenhagen Drinking Fountains ........................................................................................................ 40 Smoking Bans on European Beaches.................................................................................................. 41 Break Free from Plastic ...................................................................................................................... 41 Clean Nordic Oceans .......................................................................................................................... 42 Surfrider Riverine Input project ......................................................................................................... 44 Fishing for Litter ................................................................................................................................. 45 Fishing Gear Recycling ........................................................................................................................ 46 YES! - Young E Citizens for a Sustainable European Coastline ........................................................... 48 International Clean Up Efforts .................................................................................................................... 49 International Coastal Clean Up (ICCU) ............................................................................................... 49 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program (MDP) ............ 49 Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) ................................................................................................... 50 World Clean Up Day (The Let’s Do It Foundation) ............................................................................. 50 Project AWARE ................................................................................................................................... 51 Education and Outreach ......................................................................................................................... 52 The Aquarium Conservation Partnership (ACP) ................................................................................. 52 Don’t Mess with Texas ....................................................................................................................... 52 Innovation .............................................................................................................................................