Free LitterAT

Free-LitterAT is on a mission to make coastal communities free from litter by using their knowledge, tools, and technology, and getting everyone involved. They're focusing on a big problem called marine litter, which is trash in the sea. To tackle this issue, they're taking a comprehensive approach that includes preventing litter, keeping an eye on it, and cleaning it up when possible.

The main goal is to protect the variety of life in the ocean by coming up with new and creative ways to stop and reduce marine litter, especially things like lost fishing gear and tiny bits of plastic. Free-LitterAT plans to help by reducing the amount of litter going into the sea, finding out where it's coming from, improving how we watch for it, and making sure people know about the issue.

The project will create helpful tools, guidelines, and plans for managing waste, keeping an eye on marine litter, predicting where it might be, cleaning it up, and making sure the right authorities and people who work in the sea know what to do. Partners are building on what they've learned before and teaming up with others to find new solutions, all of which will be put into action through pilot projects.