Innovative techniques and methods for reducing the marine litter in the Black sea coastal areas

Programme 2014 - 2020 Black Sea Basin ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

Description

Description (EN):

The pollution of the Black Sea basin is a problem of international importance. As the accumulating point of a series of waste, the Black Sea is heavily anthropogenically laden . The main objective of the project is to analyze the load of the Black Sea basin, in specific representative areas, with waste and tracking the main polluting flows and carrying out waste cleaning through the developed measures in a specific demonstration pilot site through innovative methods. In order to fulfill the main goal of the project a study of the current status of the Black Sea will be carried out in the target area аnd its waste load, including coastal areas, will be assessed. The available information on the accumulated quantity of waste will be collected and analyzed. A common database will be created. An assessment of the degree of contamination will be carried out. It has been scientifically proven that accumulated amounts of waste are transported along the mainstream currents that are directly dependent on the air currents. The project has the task to identifying main waste flows, linking them with air and sea currents and identifying potential waste concentration hot points. To accomplish this task will be made a computer model-map of waste distribution, whose goal will be to anticipate their movements, and potential places of their highest concentration. The model will use main sea and air currents because they have less fluctuations in the direction and intensity of the impact, with aim computer model to be used in a number of future studies. The computer model-map will help to precisely locate the waste concentration points. Based on it, a pilot demonstration site will be selected to implement the measures developed during the project and innovative approaches that will allow traceability of the results. Cross-points of pollution will be identified where joint cross-border activities will be needed. Cross-border cleaning campaigns will be organized. The aim is to include volunteers of different ages, including students, who will be encouraged to pay special attention to the problem of marine litter and the possibilities for solving it. The aim is to achieve a lasting interest of focus groups and participants and to awaken their interest in preserving the Black Sea marine environment and to achieve a fuller understanding and analysis of the extent of the problem related to the marine waste pollution of the Black Sea Basin. During the implementation of the project will also be developed Methodology for identification of hot points and Guidelines for environmentally friendly managment of marine waste.

Achievements (EN):

The main objective of the project was to analyse the load of the Black Sea basin, in specific representative areas, with waste and track the main polluting flows and carry out waste cleaning through the developed measures in a specific demonstration pilot site through innovative methods. In order to fulfil the main goal of the project, a study of the current status of the Black Sea was carried out in the target area аnd its waste load, including coastal areas. The available information on the accumulated quantity of waste was collected at the partnership level and analysed. The project managed to identify the main waste flows, linking them with air and sea currents and identifying the potential waste concentration hot points. This objective was reached with the support of a computer model map of waste distribution that can anticipate their movements and potential places of their highest concentration. The computer model map can be used to locate the waste concentration points precisely. Based on it, a pilot demonstration site was selected to implement the measures developed during the project and innovative approaches that allowed traceability of the results. Cross-border cleaning campaigns were organised with volunteers of different ages, including students. They were also encouraged to pay special attention to the problem of marine litter and the possibilities for solving it. This way, the project had an impact on increasing the interest of the young people in preserving the Black Sea marine environment and understanding the possible impact of their actions on the marine waste pollution of the Black Sea Basin.

Website: http://blacksea-cbc.net/

Expected Results (EN): R 2.2 Level of awareness of environmental challenges and good waste management practices related to river and marine litter

Expected Outputs (EN):

The results to be obtained following the implementation of the project are: Database with information about the aspects of transboundary marine litter pollution; Waste distribution model; Guidelines and methodology for environmentally friendly management of marine waste; Innovative technological measures for marine waste reduction implemented into the selected pilot site as well as conducting cleaning campaigns on endangered seashores. The obtained results will lead to increasing the awareness about the state of Black sea in terms of waste loading and waste management. It will be ensured by the wide accessible database as well as dissemination of Guidelines and methodology among the stakeholders. All interested parties will use the information gathered and the experience gained from the pilot demonstration site in decision making, development and improving of waste management tools. The conducted cleaning campaigns will not only contribute to the improvement of the state of the seashores, but also will involve and engage wide range of people. This will contribute for increasing the number of persons who actively participate in environmental actions and awareness raising activities. The envisaged results from implementation of the project will contribute to achieving the programme expected result “Increased awareness on environmental challenges and good waste management practices related to river and marine litter within Black Sea Basin” through number of different types of users who will benefit from the project results. At the end of the project implementation a good practice for waste management will be available. Regarding the link between project expected results and programme expected results, achieving the project indicators for implementation will contribute to the programme result indicator “Level of awareness on environmental challenges and good waste management practices related to river and marine litter within Black Sea Basin”.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Waste and pollution

Thematic Objective: Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Foundation Via Pontica

Address: Petrova niva St. 20, 8154 Burgas, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.viapontica.org

Total budget: EUR 57 324.05

Municipality of Burgas

Name: Municipality of Burgas

Department: European Policies and Programmes Directorate

Address: Alexandrovska №26, 8000 Burgas, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.burgas.bg

Total budget: EUR 53 933.96

Iv Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Name: Iv Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Department: Department of Geography

Address: Ilia Chavchavadze Aven №3, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tsu.ge

Total budget: EUR 8 297.38

“Ovidius” University of Constanta

Name: “Ovidius” University of Constanta

Address: Mamaia Blvd. №124, 900527 Constanta, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.univ-ovidius.ro

Total budget: EUR 43 463.86

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Summary

Project name (EN): Innovative techniques and methods for reducing the marine litter in the Black sea coastal areas

Project acronym: RedMarLitter

Project start date: 2018-08-17

Project end date: 2021-08-16

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 163 019.25

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 149 977.69

Co-financing sources:

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Identification of hot spots of marine litter pollution in the Bulgarian Black Sea Coastal Area

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://redmarlitter.eu/en/home/

Publication date: 2024-08-13

Document date: 2020-01-21

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Methodology for identificaion of hotspots and Litter reduction measures

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://redmarlitter.eu/en/home/

Publication date: 2024-08-13

Document date: 2020-11-27

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Model of water flows and distribution of solid waste in the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Area

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://redmarlitter.eu/en/home/

Publication date: 2024-08-13

Document date: 2024-08-13

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Analysis of data provided by Burgas Municipality about the occurance of the main categories of marine litter on beaches

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://redmarlitter.eu/en/home/

Publication date: 2024-08-13

Document date: 2023-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Guidelines for the sustainable management of marine litter

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://redmarlitter.eu/en/home/

Publication date: 2024-08-13

Document date: 2020-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Model of water flows and Model of waste distribution

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://redmarlitter.eu/en/home/

Publication date: 2024-08-13

Document date: 2023-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 Black Sea Basin ENI CBC

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-06-06

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

43 / 43 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

220 / 220 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme on 2025-03-10. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://blacksea-cbc.net/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2024-02-01, except for projects with acronyms AGREEN, BeECO, BRIDGES, BSB ECO MONITORING, BSB Smart Farming, CRoCuS, EXCELTOUR, LeNetEco 2, LOC-FOOD, SILC, THC (in these cases, the information was provided by the Programme).

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Innovative techniques and methods for reducing the marine litter in the Black sea coastal areas

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