Active Skiathos Against Plastic bags (ASAP)
- Projets
- Reuse and find alternatives to plastics
- Active Skiathos Against Plastic bags (ASAP)
Active Skiathos Against Plastic bags (ASAP)
- MEDITERRANEAN SOS Network (MedSOS)
- info@medsos.gr
- May 2017 – June 2018
- Greece
- http://medsos.gr/medsos/medsos-network.html
- See the video
The aim of this initiative is to assess the situation regarding the use and elimination of plastic bags on Skiathos Island, to encourage public participation through improved education and to favor educational activities at local, regional, and national levels.
Beach cleaning sessions will thus be organised in order to make as many people as possible aware of this issue and to change people’s mentality. Reusable cotton bags will be handed out to the local population, in order to propose an alternative solution to plastic bags.
MedSOS is a greek organization which was supported two times by BeMed, through the call for micro-initiatives :
- Once in 2017 for the project: ” Active Skiathos Against Plastic bag (ASAP)” to fight against single use plastics bags on the island of Skiathos.
- A second time in 2018 for building capacity among microplastics industry stakeholders.
According to a survey organised by Medsos, there are still too few companies that are aware of plasticpollution.
The seminars helped identify good practices already implemented by some companies (replacement of certain plastic compounds in cosmetics, technology for filtering microplastics generated during production, etc.).
Primary microplastics are a little-known but vitally important issue for the Mediterranean. The work carried out by MedSOS is providing the framework for collaboration with industry to reduce these sources of plastic.
Updated 07/02/2024
