The Mediterranean Cleanup is an action of Enaleia, with the vision to make the Mediterranean plastic-free
The plastic pollution in the Mediterranean region is expected to continue to increase rapidly in the coming years, while the production of plastic waste in the same area is estimated to quadruplicate by 2050 (WWF-Greece, 2019). The result of which is that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the seas than fish (Ellen MacArthur Foundation).
Based on Data from the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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
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
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.
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.
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.
cleaned marine litter from Piraeus and Lavrio
were collected and recycled in order not to end up in the sea or landfills
Cleaned marine litter from Piraeus, Lavrio, Chalkida, Kymi και Patra
were cleaned from the bottom of the sea
were collected and recycled in order not to end up in the sea or landfills
are cleaning marine litter from 21 ports in Greece and Italy
are cleaned from the sea on average every month
More than
are estimated to be collected within the framework of prevention to prevent them from ending up in the sea or landfills
LEFTERI ARAPAKIS
Co-Founder & Director
NIKOS THERAPOS
Policy & Finance
ZETA KABARDI
Project Manager
GEORGE ANTONIOU
Nea Michaniona Port Manager
KONSTANTINOS GIANNAKOPOULOS
Operations Manager
EVI PAPADOPOULOU
Accounting & Finance Intern
DANAI TZOUBA
Digital Marketing Intern
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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.
46 Kefalinias Street, Athens, Greece
info@enaleia.com
