Major beach clean-up event (Piraeus seaside)

ERMA FIRST is passionate about preserving and protecting the marine ecosystems. Sustainability and community is at the heart of everything we stand for.

On the 18th of September 2021, the whole ERMA FIRST team in partnership with ethelon, a Greek NGO, engaged with a major clean-up of Votsalakia beach, Piraeus (Attica, Greece). This was a very inclusive event, with local community deeply engaging with this action, bringing together family members, colleagues and friends to support this fantastic effort. We also had an educational speech, focusing on the younger volunteers, on how to act sustainably for a greenr future and bluer seas for all.

On Sunday, 28th of May 2023, ERMA FIRST organised a major beach clean-up event along Freatida Beach in Piraeus (Attica, Greece). Organised in collaboration with HELMEPA, and as part of ERMA FIRST’s commitment to the EU Environment & Climate Pact and achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 – Life Below Water – the event was a great success!

Not only did we clear 2 cubic meters of waste and debris from the beach and shoreline, but the event brought together local organisations and members of the community in a joint effort to preserve the area’s coastline. The event was attended by employees from ERMA FIRST, Environmental Protection Engineering (EPE), EPE’s Oil Spill Response Team, EPE Yachting and METIS, along with their families and friends and the local cultural association, Diogenis, to help raise awareness of the importance of environmental protection within the local community.

This time, we were also able to clean some of the surrounding waters with the help of MEPP – a company that specializes in sea and port cleaning services using free diving techniques to carry out underwater cleaning operations – extending the positive impact of this event even further.