Mapping of macro waste washed up on the Shkumbin river, Alba

The BeMed+ project aims to support and accompany the implementation of actions on the ground to reduce plastic pollution in the Mediterranean, particularly in the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries. The BeMed+ project focuses on two pilot regions: Albania and Tunisia.
In order to better understand the regional context, a state of the art of existing studies, scientific projects and other initiatives on the sources and flows of macro and microplastic pollution in the pilot regions is being carried out. Among these studies, and to supplement the data and initiatives that do not exist, the protocol for mapping plastic pollution in rivers developed by Surfrider Foundation Europe, Plastic Origins, has been implemented on the river Shkumbin.
One of the components of the BeMed+ project relies on the network of local players to gain a better understanding of the issues surrounding plastic pollution in these two regions and to build and support the implementation of an action plan targeting waste management, the HoReCa sector and the sports sector.