{"id":31194,"date":"2014-09-12T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/09\/12\/how-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-baltic-shores-and-waters\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:29:47","slug":"how-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-baltic-shores-and-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/nonresearch-en\/2014\/how-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-baltic-shores-and-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO GET RID OF LITTER IN BALTIC SHORES AND WATERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/helcom.fi\/news\/Pages\/How-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-Baltic-shores-and-waters.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/helcom.fi\/news\/Pages\/How-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-Baltic-shores-and-waters.aspx<\/a>\n\nHOW TO GET RID OF LITTER IN BALTIC SHORES AND WATERS\n\nCategory: Press release\n27\/05\/2014 10:52\n\nThe first HELCOM marine litter workshop begins today by discussing on\nthe best way forward to develop Regional Action Plan for the Baltic, as\nlitter dominated by plastics of all sizes is a rapidly growing concern\nat sea and shores alike. The Regional Action Plan on marine litter will\nfulfil the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial commitment, expecting adoption in\n2015, with the aim of achieving a significant reduction of marine litter\nby 2025 and to prevent harm to the coastal and marine environment.\n\nConsumer behaviour is considered as the most important reason for marine\nlitter in the Baltic Sea, indicate recent studies by e.g. by the Marlin\nProject and ARCADIS. Moreover, as much as 48 per cent of marine litter\noriginates from household?related waste, including sanitary waste, while\nwaste generated by recreational or tourism activities would add up to 33\nper cent. The urgent need of a comprehensive action plan to address the\nissue is further supported by the Marlin study results stating that, in\naverage, close to 240 items of litter were detected per every 100 meters\nin urban beaches of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Sweden. Plastic never\nbiodegrades, but with the sunlight it splits into smaller pieces ? also\ninto tiny microplastics that are ingested by a few marine species thus\nentering the food chain.<\/pre>\n<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%201-2014-107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%201-2014-107<\/a>\n\nFirst HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%202-2014-144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%202-2014-144<\/a>\n\nSecond HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectmarlin.eu\/sa\/node.asp?node=3120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.projectmarlin.eu\/sa\/node.asp?node=3120<\/a>\n\nResults\n\nFor the very first time, a comprehensive and comparable picture of\nlitter in the Baltic Sea is presented with the results of Baltic Marine\nLitter project.\n\nThe Baltic Marine Litter project MARLIN has been monitoring litter at 23\nbeaches in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia during two years. The\nresults of project MARLIN shows that litter in the Baltic Sea mostly\noriginates from visitors at the beaches or ends up at the beach from\nnearby cities. The amount of litter is higher at urban beaches with a\nlot of visitors (236,6 items per 100 m) than at rural beaches (75,5\nitems per 100 m). The litter found on urban beaches was highly related\nto our take away-lifestyle; bottle caps, plastic bags, plastic food\ncontainers, wrappers and plastic cutlery were common items. On rural\nbeaches, more ?industrial? litter such as plastic ropes and construction\nmaterials were found. The findings indicate that litter generated from\nsea-based sources such as shipping does not end up on shores of the\nBaltic Sea to the same extent as for example in the North East Atlantic\nArea. 56% of the litter is plastic and the most common litter item over\nall is ?plastic, other? which means unidentified pieces of plastic or\nsmall plastic items that don?t fit in any other category. When all beach\ntypes are combined, ?plastic other? counts for 25,3% of all litter found.\n\nAs millions of tones of waste are dumped into the world?s oceans each\nyear, project MARLIN can provide a good starting point for future\nnational and regional strategies in the Baltic Sea such as the Marine\nStrategy Framework Directive and a HELCOM regional action plan that is\nsupposed to be ready by 2015.\n\nA top 5 list of litter items found on the shores of the Baltic Sea\n\n? Different kinds of unidentified pieces of plastics\n? Glass and ceramics fragments\n? Plastic bottle caps and lids\n? Plastic bags\n? Foamed plastic (packaging and insulation)\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsr.se\/sites\/default\/files\/marlin-baltic-marine-litter-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.hsr.se\/sites\/default\/files\/marlin-baltic-marine-litter-report.pdf<\/a>\n\nFINAL REPORT OF BALTIC MARINE LITTER PROJECT MARLIN\n\n- LITTER MONITORING AND RAISING AWARENESS\n\n2011-2013<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/helcom.fi\/news\/Pages\/How-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-Baltic-shores-and-waters.aspx HOW TO GET RID OF LITTER IN BALTIC SHORES AND WATERS Category: Press release 27\/05\/2014 10:52 The first HELCOM marine litter workshop begins today by discussing on the best way forward to develop Regional Action Plan for the Baltic, as litter dominated by plastics of all sizes is a rapidly growing concern at sea and shores alike. The Regional Action Plan on marine litter will fulfil the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial commitment, expecting adoption in 2015, with the aim of achieving a significant reduction of marine litter by 2025 and to prevent harm to the coastal and marine environment. Consumer behaviour is considered as the most important reason for marine litter in the Baltic Sea, indicate recent studies by e.g. by the Marlin Project and ARCADIS. Moreover, as much as 48 per cent of marine litter originates from household?related waste, including sanitary waste, while waste generated by recreational or tourism activities would add up to 33 per cent. The urgent need of a comprehensive action plan to address the issue is further supported by the Marlin study results stating that, in average, close to 240 items of litter were detected per every 100 meters in urban beaches of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Sweden. Plastic never biodegrades, but with the sunlight it splits into smaller pieces ? also into tiny microplastics that are ingested by a few marine species thus entering the food chain. http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%201-2014-107 First HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%202-2014-144 Second HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter http:\/\/www.projectmarlin.eu\/sa\/node.asp?node=3120 Results For the very first time, a comprehensive and comparable picture of litter in the Baltic Sea is presented with the results of Baltic Marine Litter project. The Baltic Marine Litter project MARLIN has been monitoring litter at 23 beaches in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia during two years. The results of project MARLIN shows that litter in the Baltic Sea mostly originates from visitors at the beaches or ends up at the beach from nearby cities. The amount of litter is higher at urban beaches with a lot of visitors (236,6 items per 100 m) than at rural beaches (75,5 items per 100 m). The litter found on urban beaches was highly related to our take away-lifestyle; bottle caps, plastic bags, plastic food containers, wrappers and plastic cutlery were common items. On rural beaches, more ?industrial? litter such as plastic ropes and construction materials were found. The findings indicate that litter generated from sea-based sources such as shipping does not end up on shores of the Baltic Sea to the same extent as for example in the North East Atlantic Area. 56% of the litter is plastic and the most common litter item over all is ?plastic, other? which means unidentified pieces of plastic or small plastic items that don?t fit in any other category. When all beach types are combined, ?plastic other? counts for 25,3% of all litter found. As millions of tones of waste are dumped into the world?s oceans each year, project MARLIN can provide a good starting point for future national and regional strategies in the Baltic Sea such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and a HELCOM regional action plan that is supposed to be ready by 2015. A top 5 list of litter items found on the shores of the Baltic Sea ? Different kinds of unidentified pieces of plastics ? Glass and ceramics fragments ? Plastic bottle caps and lids ? Plastic bags ? Foamed plastic (packaging and insulation) http:\/\/www.hsr.se\/sites\/default\/files\/marlin-baltic-marine-litter-report.pdf FINAL REPORT OF BALTIC MARINE LITTER PROJECT MARLIN &#8211; LITTER MONITORING AND RAISING AWARENESS 2011-2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3494,3488],"tags":[1585,1445],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HOW TO GET RID OF LITTER IN BALTIC SHORES AND WATERS - One Earth - One Ocean e. V.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/nonresearch-en\/2014\/how-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-baltic-shores-and-waters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HOW TO GET RID OF LITTER IN BALTIC SHORES AND WATERS - One Earth - One Ocean e. V.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/helcom.fi\/news\/Pages\/How-to-get-rid-of-litter-in-Baltic-shores-and-waters.aspx HOW TO GET RID OF LITTER IN BALTIC SHORES AND WATERS Category: Press release 27\/05\/2014 10:52 The first HELCOM marine litter workshop begins today by discussing on the best way forward to develop Regional Action Plan for the Baltic, as litter dominated by plastics of all sizes is a rapidly growing concern at sea and shores alike. The Regional Action Plan on marine litter will fulfil the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial commitment, expecting adoption in 2015, with the aim of achieving a significant reduction of marine litter by 2025 and to prevent harm to the coastal and marine environment. Consumer behaviour is considered as the most important reason for marine litter in the Baltic Sea, indicate recent studies by e.g. by the Marlin Project and ARCADIS. Moreover, as much as 48 per cent of marine litter originates from household?related waste, including sanitary waste, while waste generated by recreational or tourism activities would add up to 33 per cent. The urgent need of a comprehensive action plan to address the issue is further supported by the Marlin study results stating that, in average, close to 240 items of litter were detected per every 100 meters in urban beaches of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Sweden. Plastic never biodegrades, but with the sunlight it splits into smaller pieces ? also into tiny microplastics that are ingested by a few marine species thus entering the food chain. http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%201-2014-107 First HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%202-2014-144 Second HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter http:\/\/www.projectmarlin.eu\/sa\/node.asp?node=3120 Results For the very first time, a comprehensive and comparable picture of litter in the Baltic Sea is presented with the results of Baltic Marine Litter project. The Baltic Marine Litter project MARLIN has been monitoring litter at 23 beaches in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia during two years. The results of project MARLIN shows that litter in the Baltic Sea mostly originates from visitors at the beaches or ends up at the beach from nearby cities. The amount of litter is higher at urban beaches with a lot of visitors (236,6 items per 100 m) than at rural beaches (75,5 items per 100 m). The litter found on urban beaches was highly related to our take away-lifestyle; bottle caps, plastic bags, plastic food containers, wrappers and plastic cutlery were common items. On rural beaches, more ?industrial? litter such as plastic ropes and construction materials were found. The findings indicate that litter generated from sea-based sources such as shipping does not end up on shores of the Baltic Sea to the same extent as for example in the North East Atlantic Area. 56% of the litter is plastic and the most common litter item over all is ?plastic, other? which means unidentified pieces of plastic or small plastic items that don?t fit in any other category. When all beach types are combined, ?plastic other? counts for 25,3% of all litter found. 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Plastic never biodegrades, but with the sunlight it splits into smaller pieces ? also into tiny microplastics that are ingested by a few marine species thus entering the food chain. http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%201-2014-107 First HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter http:\/\/portal.helcom.fi:81\/meetings\/MARINE%20LITTER%202-2014-144 Second HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter http:\/\/www.projectmarlin.eu\/sa\/node.asp?node=3120 Results For the very first time, a comprehensive and comparable picture of litter in the Baltic Sea is presented with the results of Baltic Marine Litter project. The Baltic Marine Litter project MARLIN has been monitoring litter at 23 beaches in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia during two years. The results of project MARLIN shows that litter in the Baltic Sea mostly originates from visitors at the beaches or ends up at the beach from nearby cities. 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