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The first islands from trash can be seen in the Black Sea. ”The findings are unique and disturbing, because similar shapes have become noticeable till now in the widths of large oceans”, writes the Telegraph, based on publications of the Russian websites. Giant clusters of litter in the water were seen by a group of […]
Plastics are widespread in everyday life. About 8 million metric tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean annually. Once in the water, which is not discharged from the waves on the shore, for the most part it breaks into tiny particles. The smallest particles – those smaller than 5 millimeters – are called microplastics. […]
On June 26-27, 2019, the first monitoring(part of the project) of marine litter along the Bulgarian coast was carried out within the framework of the project “Innovative techniques and methods for reducing the marine litter in the Black sea coastal areas” – BSB 552. Team of the Naval Academy “N. Y. Vaptsarov “and the municipality […]
On June 5, 2019, the World Environment Day, the Black Sea Basin Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Water organized an Information Meeting to raise awareness of the consequences for the marine environment caused by marine waste at the Black Sea Hotel in the city of Varna. It was attended by experts from IO-BAS, […]
Via Pontica Foundation and Municipality of Burgas team members of BSB552 RedMarLitter project took part in the national training for beneficiaries in Varna, Bulgaria. The event was held on 22 May 2019 in “Cherno More” hotel. The training session aimed to increase the beneficiaries’ capacity to ensure smooth and correct implementation of the funded projects, to present basic […]
Experts from BSB552 RedMarLitter project “Innovative Techniques and Methods for Reducing Marine Litter in the Black Sea Coastal Areas” experts actively participated in the First Congress and Seminar of the project ZEWSGES “Zero Waste Strategy for Good Environmental Status – BSB257”. The First Congress and Seminar were held on May 14 and 15, 2019 in […]
On April 17, 2019 (Wednesday) in Varna, the Project Coordinator of the Via Pontica Foundation team visited the first workshop of the stakeholders in Bulgaria on “Marine Litter”, organized under the project “Assessing the vulnerability of the Black Sea ecosystem to pressure of human activities “(ANEMONE), funded by the Black Sea Joint Operational Program” Black […]
To ensure the premises for a smooth implementation of the projects contracted within the framework of the 1st Call for proposals of Joint Operational Programme Black Sea Basin 2014-2020, programme management structures organised a training session dedicated to the beneficiaries from the 1st Call for proposals. The Black Sea Basin Programme 2014-2020 is part of European Union’s […]
Approximately 780 cubic meters of waste were collected at the time of spring cleaning. This is what the Director of the Environment Directorate of Burgas Municipality, Pavlin Mihov, told Radio Focus. According to him, a basic cleaning was carried out in the areas of the Izgrev, Slaveykov, Zornitsa, Lazur and Bratya Miladinov residential complexes. “At […]
On April 5, 2019, a forum was held in Flora Bourgas to discuss successful new methods and practices for achieving clean water in the World Ocean. The event was opened by Ms. Ivelina Vassileva, Chairman of the Commission for Environment and Water in the Parliament of Bulgaria, and Chanka Koralska, Deputy Mayor of Burgas Municipality. […]