CleanSea Policy Brief

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

Publication: Policy Brief
Citation: Boteler, Benjamin et. al. 2015: Best Practice Examples of Existing Economic Policy Instruments and Potential New Economic Policy Instruments to Reduce Marine Litter and Eliminate Barriers to GES. CleanSea Policy Brief.

This CleanSea policy brief provides a critical review and assessment of potential measures to reduce marine litter. This brief focuses on existing economic instruments implemented in Europe. It points critical factors which influence the appropriateness and effectiveness of economic instruments. It also shows where the scope of current economic instruments could be expanded to explore their capacity to reduce marine litter. Such an evaluation of existing economic instruments to reduce marine litter is essential to furthering the necessary steps to achieve GES and sustainable marine ecosystem management. The policy brief is available for download.

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

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.

Let's Get Governing Marine Litter 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: Benjamin Boteler

Katrina Abhold

Frans Oosterhuis

Pedro Fernandez

Dariya Hadzhiyska

Denitza Pavlova

Joana Mira Veiga
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Year: 2015
Dimension: 13 pp.
Project: New Tools and Policy Options to Improve the Management of Marine Litter (CLEANSEA)
Project ID: 2719
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

1 Introduction
2 Economic instruments
3 Methodology and approach
4 Regional use of economic policy instruments
4.1 Baltic Sea
4.2 Black Sea
4.3 Mediterranean Sea
4.4 North Sea
5 Widening the scope of economic instruments
5.1 Subsidies for clean technology
5.2 Fines for littering
6 Discussion
Keywords: Coastal + Marine

marine litter, waste and resource management, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, MSFD, International Environmental law, cost-benefit-analysis, monitoring, Best Practice

Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea

Further Links

PublicationBrochurePolicy Options for Litter-free Seas

Veiga J., Leslie H., Fernández P., Pérez C., Ferreira M. and Altvater S. (2015). Policy options for litter-free seas. Developed under CleanSea project co-funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement nº 308370

PublicationArticleCleanSea Fosters Marine Litter Stakeholder Dialogue Across Europe

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

CleanSea project website