More than 125 kg of marine debris were collected from Stiznja to Sipnate West part was mainly full of hard plastic, south part was covered with lighter packages, fishing nets, bottles, lids, plastic bags, etc. We see raising awareness of plastic pollution in the marine environment with the involvement of local community as an important part of the solution to the cleaner seas. It was lovely to see the energy and the effort of the children playing with plastic debris in our workshop. We are also very thankful for great contribution of sea kayakers volunteered to be part of the event.

Our first event on island Rab, Lopar took place from 24.9.2021 to 26.9.2021. Partners of the project : TZ Lopar, Fishing society San Marino, Smet Umet.  Event itinerary :  Sunday, 25.9.2021 – 10.a.m.-4 p.m. Clean up “No More Plastisc on island Goli” with sea kayaks. Saturday, 26.9.2021 – 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Workshop “Don’t waste waste” for children. More than 100 kg of marine debris were collected on the shore of island Goli. West part was mainly full of hard plastic, south part was covered with lighter packages, bottles, lids, plastic bags, etc. We see raising awareness of plastic pollution in the marine environment with the involvement of local community as…

Goal: Monitoring of marine debris in NP Kornati According to the monitoring requirements of the MSFD ( Marine strategy framework directive ) we established monitoring program in NP Kornati.  Because of the limited sources ( financially and workforce ) we started with one location we choose randomly. For now we decided to do a pilot research which will provide necessary data for future monitoring actions. Tasks we need to proceed : We need to draw a conclusions about the trends and amount of litter to get the indications of influence and potential harm of litter to fragile marine environment. Goals we need to reach: Four monitoring actions every year (summer,…

Goal: Clean up of islands Zornik, Suščica and Borovnik in NP Kornati August 2020 Our second traditional event Kornati full of plastics took place between 13.8.2020 and 16.8.2020. This time we chose the small islands in Kornati archipelago that are almost impossible reach by boat due to their rocky shoreline. It was clearly visible that no one cleaned these islands for years. We collected 31 bags of marine debris in harsh terrain in four small clean ups, all together 68 kg of plastic waste. Besides regular huge amount of lids, lighteners and other typical plastic waste we were also dealing with high volumes of EPS waste (expandable polystyrene). EPS products…

As part of the project Plus3 in National park Kornati small clean up was organised in July 2020. Single use plastic waste is a big threat to marine life. Our clean ups are just a small part on the way to preservation and establishment of clean marine environment.  In cooperation with NP Kornati and Blue bag project we collected: island Tovarnjak 40 kg, island Kornat-Blue bay 182 kg, island Smokvenjak 30 kg, island Kornat-Zakrče bay 70 kg, island Mana 25 kg and on island Lavsa 15 kg of marine debris. Prevailing plastic waste are: plastic bags, lids, packagings, shoes, toothbrushes, lighters, fishing gear and ropes. Worrying amount of micro plastics…

Goal: Clean up island Tovarnjak, NP Kornati Kornati full of plastics event with presentations “Invisible life of plastic waste” and workshop “Second life of plastic waste” August 2019 Increasing amount of plastic waste become a big problem in NP Kornati. Clean up of island Tovarnjak took place from 16.8.2019-18.8.2019. We collected 145 kg of marine debries. We sorted plastic waste according to it’s typology and 25 kg was used in workshop “Second life of plastic waste” with Maja Rijavec from SmetUmet with following exhibition. Part of the event was a presentation “Efficiency of social influence methods in environmental behaviour regarding waste management” by Katarina Polajnar. Not only invited guests but…

Goal: Monitoring of the sea and shore along outer islands from Istria to Kornati. July/August 2019 We started with NoMorePlastics paddling tour in NP Brijuni at the beginning of July heading south, direction NP Kornati. Paddling along the outers islands of Croatian coast we were mostly orientated to check and reveal the amount of plastic pollution on remote and unpopulated areas of the islands.  With sea kayak we easily access the areas not so easy to reach in general. After thirty days on the sea and after twenty islands, many of them we circumnavigate the situation was alarming. Plastic lids, bottles, toothbrushes, lighteners, parts of fishing gear and equipment, shoes…