The Mediterranean Cleanup is an action of Enaleia, with the vision to make the Mediterranean plastic-free

THE CHALLENGE IN NUMBER
570.000
33.800

Need of cleaner seas
20-30%
8.000.000
Based on Data from the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
2014
2050
QUANTITY OF PRODUCED PLASTICS

311 000 kg

1,124 MT
PLASTIC TO FISH RATIO IN THE OCEAN (PER WEIGHT)




PERCENTAGE OF OIL CONSUMPTION FOR PLASTIC PRODUCTION


PERCENTAGE OF CARBON COMING FROM PLASTICS

A SOLUTION FOR CLEANER SEAS
The plastics that are lying at the bottom of the sea are not going to cleanup themselves. To solve this issue we have to do two things: stop the plastics from leaking into the sea meanwhile clean the existing plastic already there
PILOT PROJECT
PREVENTION
At the same time, within the framework of prevention, professional fishermen in 12 ports around Greece hand us over their nets to prevent them from ending up in the sea or landfills and instead are utilised to create products by recycling or upcycling.
THE EXPANSION
As for today, we collaborate with 145 fishing vessels both in Greece and Italy, cleaning thousands kilos of plastic from the sea every week! Next, all this plastic enters the circular economy, either through recycling or upcycling.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
OUR PRODUCTS
In collaboration with Healthy Seas, we created co-branded socks with the ghost nets we clean from the sea. The Mediterranean Cleanup with the support of the public guarantees the cleaning of one kilo of plastics more than what is already achieved, with each pair of socks sold.
OUR MISSION IN NUMBERS

Fishing Season
October 2018 - May 2019
10
fishing vessels
cleaned marine litter from Piraeus and Lavrio
16.000kg
marine litter
5.000kg
fishing nets
were collected and recycled in order not to end up in the sea or landfills
Fishing Season
October 2019 - May 2020
40
fishing vessels
Cleaned marine litter from Piraeus, Lavrio, Chalkida, Kymi και Patra
42.900kg
marine litter
were cleaned from the bottom of the sea
10.000kg
fishing nets
were collected and recycled in order not to end up in the sea or landfills
Fishing Season
October 2020 - May 2021
145
fishing vessels
cleaned marine litter from Piraeus, Lavrio, New Michaniona, New Moudania, Chalkida, Kymi, Patra, Kyllini, Lefkada, Kerkyra, Chania, Aghios Nikolaos, Rimini (Italy)
10.000kg
marine litter
are cleaned from the sea every month
20.000kg
fishing nets
are estimated to be collected within the framework of prevention to prevent them from ending up in the sea or landfills
OUR TEAM

LEFTERI ARAPAKIS
Co-Founder & Director

NIKOS THERAPOS
Policy & Finance

ZETA KABARDI
Project Manager

GEORGE ANTONIOU
Nea Michaniona Port Manager
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The Mediterranean Cleanup is Enaleia’s project,which aims at a sustainable marine ecosystem, through environmental education, prevention, sea cleanups and making the most out of marine litter.
Address
46 Kefalinias Street, Athens, Greece
Phones
6970 992220
6940 409202
info@enaleia.com