Let's Get Governing Marine Litter Across Europe

Publication: Article
Citation: Altvater, Susanne and Heather Leslie 2015: "Let's Get Governing Marine Litter Across Europe". Coastal & Marine, Special The CleanSea Project: An interdisciplinary study of marine litter in the EU 24.1: 21.

Altvater, Susanne and Heather Leslie 2015: "Let's Get Governing Marine Litter Across Europe". Coastal & Marine, Special The CleanSea Project: An interdisciplinary study of marine litter in the EU 24.1: 21.

Best Practice Examples of Existing Economic Policy Instruments and Potential New Economic Policy Instruments to Reduce Marine Litter and Eliminate Barriers to GES

Year 2015

Publication:Brochure

This brochure aims to provide policy makers, regional and local authorities, and other interest groups with practical policy options and co-management measures to support progress towards marine litter reduction.

Policy Options for Litter-free Seas

Year 2015

Presentation:Speech

The CleanSea Marine Litter Symposium & Film Premiere was attended by well over 200 participants from science, policy, industry, civil society and the media. The interdisciplinary research carried out in the European FP7 CleanSea Project was presented by the work package leaders showing main results of the work of the teams. Susanne Altvater of the Ecologic Institute talked about what policy makers can do about marine litter. You can still catch the speeches and CleanSea film on YouTube. The CleanSea brochure is available for download.

What Can a Policy Maker do About Marine Litter?

3 December 2015
Susanne Altvater, Ass.iur.

Publication:Article

Krüger, Ina and Susanne Altvater 2015: "CleanSea Fosters Marine Litter Stakeholder Dialogue Across Europe". Coastal & Marine, Special The CleanSea Project: An interdisciplinary study of marine litter in the EU 24.1: 23.

CleanSea Fosters Marine Litter Stakeholder Dialogue Across Europe

Year 2017

Publication:Article

Economic instruments and marine litter control, published in Ocean and Coastal Management, provides a comprehensive up-to-date review of the literature on the economic instruments that can reduce marine litter. The paper, written by Frans Oosterhuis, Elissaios Papyrakis, and Ecologic Institute's Benjamin Boteler, assesses their cost of implementation, level of effectiveness as well as indirect environmental and socioeconomic effects (externalities) that may arise as a result of their implementation. The article is available for download.

Economic Instruments and Marine Litter Control

Year 2014

Event:Discussion

Best Practice Examples of Prevention and Management of Marine Litter in the Baltic and the North Sea

14 November 2014
Berlin, Germany

Event:Discussion

On 14 November 2013, a workshop on marine litter in the Baltic Sea took place at the Ecologic Institute's offices in Berlin. Susanne Altvater, a Fellow at Ecologic Institute, gave an introductory presentation on the topic and on the Clean Sea project in general to German representatives of the relevant industries. Subsequently, Matthias Mossbauer presented the first results of the project MARLISCO. Dr. Ingo Sartorius presented activities of the plastic associations regarding marine litter. All presentation slides are available for download.

Marine Litter in the Baltic Sea: Challenges and Opportunities (CleanSea Discussion)

14 November 2013
Berlin, Germany

Project:FP 7

<p>CLEANSEA is a research project that takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying marine litter. CLEANSEA assesses the state of marine litter in European seas, rivers and on beaches and its impact on biological, social and economic processes. It aims to develop new tools to help collect data and monitor on litter and develop policy options to improve the management of marine litter by identifying deficiencies in existing legislation and standards. CLEANSEA focuses mainly on marine areas relevant to the EU; the Black Sea, Mediterranean, Baltic and North East Atlantic region. The project is funded under the 7th Research Framework Programme of the EU (FP7). The consortium has diverse partners including research institutes, universities, SMEs, and an NGO.</p>

New Tools and Policy Options to Improve the Management of Marine Litter (CLEANSEA)

Dec 2012 - Dec 2015

Language: English
Authorship: Susanne Altvater, Ass.iur.

Heather Leslie
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Published in: Coastal & Marine, Special: The CleanSea Project: An interdisciplinary study of marine litter in the EU
Published by: The Coastal Union Germany (EUCC-D), Germany
Year: 2017
Dimension: 1 pp.
ISSN: 1877-7953
Project: New Tools and Policy Options to Improve the Management of Marine Litter (CLEANSEA)
Project ID: 2719
Keywords: Coastal + Marine

North East Atlantic, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Further Links

EventDiscussionMarine Litter in the Baltic Sea: Challenges and Opportunities (CleanSea Discussion)

Dr. Ingo Sartorius, PlasticsEurope Deutschland

Discussion:Marine Litter in the Baltic Sea: Challenges and Opportunities (CleanSea Discussion)

Date: 14 November 2013
Location: Berlin, Germany

PresentationChairingIntroduction and Aim – CleanSea-Workshop

Susanne Altvater from Ecologic Institute moderated a workshop of the CleanSea project team with stakeholders of the German administration, industry, science community and NGOs. She presented aims and tasks of the CleanSea project. The presentation slides can be... Read more

Chairing:Introduction and Aim – CleanSea-Workshop

Date: 14 November 2014
Location: Berlin, Germany

PublicationArticleCleanSea Fosters Marine Litter Stakeholder Dialogue Across Europe