Xenia I. Loizidou, Michael I. Loizides, Demetra L. Orthodoxou, A novel
best practices approach: The MARLISCO case, Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Volume 88, Issues 1?2, 15 November 2014, Pages 118-128, ISSN 0025-326X,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.015.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X14006079)
Abstract: Research that was undertaken to identify and evaluate best
practices that can effectively minimise the amount of marine litter in
European Seas is presented. Best practices were approached in a novel
way that aimed to maximise the impact and added value of the FP7-funded
project MARLISCO. The practices served as a tool to enhance the active
participation and build capacity in key actors through the
implementation of the innovative, dedicatedly-developed decision support
tool, DeCyDe-4-Marlisco.

This paper also presents the key ?preference? attributes of successful
marine litter management practices and provides a snapshot of the key
characteristics of the recorded best practices as a means of helping the
reader, and particularly decision makers, recognise what would make
their marine litter management efforts more successful.
Keywords: Marine litter; Decision support; Waste management; Best practices