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Zero Waste Beach in Cyprus. Zero Waste Future in Malta. Net Zero in Cyprus and Malta

Posted on November 1st, 2022 in Applied Environmental Research, Environmental Education and Vocational Training, Public Outreach and Advocacy

Zero Waste Beach and Future projects

Marine litter is an environmental, economic as well as human health problem with no simple solution. It poses a global, complex and multi-dimensional challenge with significant implications for the marine and coastal environment and human activities all over the world. Recovery and recycling of the most common marine litter items, are important steps in halting the inflow of items into the marine environment and are also critical first steps in promoting the Circular Economy. Recovery and recycling are particularly critical in island countries, such as Cyprus and Malta.

To address the problems outlined above, the initiative proposed here aims to engage citizens, students, local authorities and businesses to take ownership of the environment they spend most time in so as to increase recycling and decrease land and marine litter, using the “producer responsibility” mentality, but through soft, awareness-raising and participatory measures.

 

Activities for Zero Waste Beach Cyprus:

Click here to learn about some exciting news for Cyprus!

🎥 General Actions_Total Results (video_en)

🎥 General Actions_Total Results (video_gr)

📈Infographic_Total Results (2018-2020) (pdf_gr)

 

1️⃣.  Strengthened and expanded the «Responsible Coastal Businesses Network»: to 310 members, through the implementation of an extensive awareness-raising campaign, targeting all coastal businesses on the island. In these campaigns, AKTI’s staff have been liaised with approximately 800 business owners/managers/employees, informing them about marine litter (sources and impacts) as well as about the upcoming European legislation on single-use plastics and how it affects them and assisting them in implementing practices that will minimize their plastic production and thus minimize the potential for marine plastic pollution from their operations and their customers’ activities. The involvement of local authority representatives has added particular clout to this activity.

❓ HOW and WHY to join the Responsible Coastal Businesses Network_EN_(pdf)

❓ HOW and WHY to join the Responsible Coastal Businesses Network_GR_(pdf)

The RCB network members can be viewed in the below map.

To provide inspiration, a Decalogue and a Guide were developed during the last year implementation of the project and distributed to the Coastal Businesses. Decalogue contained 10 basic possible good practices and the Guide contained examples of these good practices in order to inspire the applicants and encourage them to act against plastic pollution and generally for a more green performance of their businesses.

An electronic version of these, are available here:

✅ Decalogue_gr

✅ Decalogue_en

✅ Examples of Good Practices_gr

 

2️⃣.  Tracked and recorded recycling waste from the Responsible Coastal Businesses: The members of the Responsible Coastal Businesses Network ought, as a mandatory term of their network membership, to record the amount of recyclable waste (PMD, glass, general) that they dispose. 980 tons of recycling waste collected by the responsible coastal businesses throughout the duration of the project. This has been monitored with regular visits by AKTI’s group of experts, who also provided their suggestions on how the business can become more effective in recycling. In this way, they will be able to set goals and monitor their reduction in the long run, as a result of the implementation of plastic reducing practices.

 

3️⃣.  Beach cleanups in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup: AKTI implemented annual beach cleanups on selected beaches with the collaboration of the Responsible Coastal Businesses, local authorities, schools, and volunteers.

AKTI is the national coordinator of the International Coastal Cleanup of the Ocean Conservancy in Cyprus. Therefore, all the cleanups implemented using the International Coastal Cleanup Protocol. The data included in the Regional Marine Litter Database and has also be submitted to the ICC.

📸🌊Some photos from the Beach and Seabed Cleanups, are available here: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5

🎥🌊Some Videos from the Beach and Seabed Cleanups:

video 1___video 2___video 3___video 4___video 5
video 6___video 7___video 8___video 9___video 10

 

4️⃣.  Tracked and recorded recycling waste from the Responsible Coastal Businesses, on-the-go recycle bins and events : 980 tons of recycling waste collected in Cyprus by coastal businesses-members of the Network throughout the duration of the project, of which, the percentage per source of total recyclable waste, were 46% Paper, 30% PMD and 24% Glass. In these 980 tons of recycling waste collected from the coastal businesses, the 130 tons correspond to PET.

This has been monitored with regular visits by AKTI’s group of experts, who also
provided their suggestions on how the business can become more effective in
recycling. In this way, they will be able to set goals and monitor their reduction in the
long run, as a result of the implementation of plastic reducing practices.

17 tons of recyclable waste was collected from these bins during the implementation
period of the project. The aim was to encourage local authorities and communities to
improve collection infrastructure and implement reduction actions for plastics used.
Source identification activity was performed for this action. AKTI’s staff separated
the collected waste per source, to create an innovative database with data that can be
used for directing budget to the management of the most frequent litter.

📸♻️More information and photos about “On-the-go recycling” research action, can be found here.

 

5️⃣.   Α Competition for the implementation of sustainable practices to reduce marine litter, and especially plastics, was launched and implemented. The Competition targeted members of the Responsible Coastal Businesses Network, in an attempt to promote sustainable practices incorporated by coastal businesses in their operation, and to minimize plastic waste entering the coastal and marine environment, thus mitigating/reducing the pollution they cause. Τhe terms for the participation in the Competition and the application form distributed to the Coastal Businesses along with a Decalogue and a good practices Guide, in order to inspire the applicants and encourage them to act against plastic pollution and generally for a more green performance of their businesses. 390 entries/good practices were received. The entries were evaluated by a five-member independent jury: the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of AKTI, Dr. Xenia I. Loizidou, the Media Relations Director at Digital Tree, Mrs Xenia Xenophontos, the Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Manager at Coca-Cola HBC Cyprus, Mrs Melina Limnati and the two members of AKTI, Mrs Anna Tselepou and Ms Maria-Christina Constantinou. The winners were selected by the jury followings a selection process based on 4 criteria: environmental responsibility, social responsibility, innovation and sustainability and the awards are given in two categories, depending on the type – size of the business.

✅ Terms and Conditions_GR

✅ Application Form_GR

 

6️⃣.  A highly publicised Award Ceremony, “Zero Waste Beach Awards 2023”, was implemented at the end of the project. The winners had the title of «Zero Waste Beach Champions 2023». The ceremony took place in June 22 at Old Powerhouse in Nicosia. The ceremony attended by 72 people, including the General Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Mr Andreas Georgiou, , the General Director of the Deputy Ministry of Tourism Mr. Antonis Koutsoullis, the Director of Department of the Environment Mrs Elena Stylianopoulou, the president of the Parliamentary Environment Committee MP Mr. Charalambos Theopemptou, the Mayor of Nicosia Mr Constantinos Yiorkatzis, the president of the ‘Cyprus Hotels Association’ Mr E. Loizides, several NGOs, HoReCa representatives, media (TV, radios and newspapers/e-media), Trade Unions, Thirdparty experts, Tour Agents, Environmental Parliamentary Committee and other stakeholders. The Ceremony was extensively covered by local and national media (TVs, radios and newspapers).

The awards are given in two categories, depending on the type of the business (large or small businesses) .The six championships were distinguished in the categories of environmental responsibility, sustainability, innovation and social responsibility.

In the category of large businesses:

🏆 Aliathon Resort received the Sustainability Award

🏆 St. Raphael Resort & Marina received the Innovation Award,

🏆 Capo Bay Hotel received the Social Responsibility Award and,

🏆 Atlantica Aeneas Resort received the Environmental Responsibility Award.

In the category of small businesses:

🏆  Grape by the Sea received the Sustainability Award,

🏆 Klimataria-Beach Bar Resto received the Sustainability Award.

🏆 Avli tis Nefelis received the Innovation Award 

🏆Charalambos Holiday Cottage received the Social Responsibility Award.

🏆 Aplostra Beach Bar received the Environmental Responsibility Award.

Special thanks were given to one person to whom the success of Zero Waste beach is owed.

🏅 Anna Tselepou of AKTI

📸Some photos from the Zero Waste Beach Awards, are available for 2019 here. And 2021-2022 here.

🎥Some Videos from the “Zero Waste Beach Awards 2019”:

Video 1___Video 2___Video 3___Video 4

7️⃣.  Extensive communication and dissemination activities took place over the duration of the project, and especially at times with important activities, e.g. the project launch, the cleanup events, the competition and the awards ceremony. Communication and dissemination activities were inclusive all means and media (print, online, social etc), and  6,642,737 people reached via AKTI’s social media.

 

Activities for Zero Waste Future Malta:

Click here to learn about some exciting news for Malta!

1️⃣. Waste characterization: this activity was carried out in the Three Cities of Malta (Cottonera) to identify the main types of waste disposed of and their relative percentages, depending on the type of establishment. This activity provides a solid base of waste data and indicate where efforts must be focused for more effective recycling. The waste characterisation study was carried out by AKTI’s experts, with the strong support of the councils of the Three Cities of Malta/Cottonera. Waste was sampled from at least 66 sampling points,for 3 sampling sessions.The involvement of 3 local authority representatives has added particular value to this activity. More specifically Birgu Municipality, Cospicua and Senglea (The Three Cities of Malta) had Council meetings on the issue and decided to support the implementation of the
Network in all HoReCa establishments within their territory.

🎥Some Videos from “Waste Characterization” action:

Video 1___Video 2___Video 3

📸Some photos from the “Waste Characterization”, are available here.

 

2️⃣.  Build on the “Responsible Coastal Businesses Network in Malta: through extensive awareness-raising campaigns, where representatives of the Coca-Cola Company of Malta, informing business owners/managers about marine litter (sources and impacts) as well as about the upcoming European legislation on single-use plastics and how it affects them, and assisting them in implementing practices that will minimize their plastic production and thus minimize the potential for marine plastic pollution from their operations and their customers’ activities.The Responsible Coastal Businesses Network Ambassadors have liaised with 50  business owners/managers/employees. The below shows the network members inducted until now.

To provide inspiration, a Decalogue and a Guide were developed during the last year implementation of the project and distributed to the Coastal Businesses. Decalogue contained 10 basic possible good practices and the Guide contained examples of these good practices in order to inspire the applicants and encourage them to act against plastic pollution and generally for a more green performance of their businesses.

An electronic version of these, are available here:

✅ Decalogue_ma

✅ Examples of Good Practices_en

 

3️⃣Tracked and recorded recycling waste from the Responsible Coastal Businesses, on the-go recycling bins, and events: 46.1 tonnes of recycling waste collected from the Responsible Coastal Business Network. Of the 46.1 tonnes of recycling waste collected, 31.4 tonnes were PET, making PET waste 68% of the total recyclable waste collected.

In order to succeed the collection of any possible PMD which is not disposed in the DRS machines, we cooperated with event organizers such as Festivals Malta and Sports Malta in order to install PMD bins during the events. The Zero Waste Future bins were installed in the following events, collecting 17 tonnes of recyclable waste of which 14.5 tonnes were PET:
• Notte Bianca
• Sports Malta Family Day Open Event
• Festivals Malta NYE Event

4️⃣. Beach cleanups in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup: annual beach cleanups on selected beaches with the collaboration of NGOs, local authorities, schools, and volunteers. All the cleanups were implemented using the International Coastal Cleanup Protocol in order to be able to identify the sources of the collected litter and to begin compiling data on beach marine litter in Malta. The data were included in the Regional Marine Litter Database and will also submitted to the ICC.

🎥🌊Some Videos from “Beach/Seabed Cleanups and Turtle Release”:

Video 1___Video 2

📸🌊Some photos from the Beach and Seabed Cleanups, are available here.

 

5️⃣. Zero Waste Champions Competition: 24 entries to the Competition.The competition aims at rewarding and recognising those members of the Network who have taken substantial and / or innovative measures to minimise their contribution to the marine litter problem and minimise the use of plastics. Specific criteria and entries were evaluated by an independent jury of experts to announce the ZERO WASTE FUTURE CHAMPIONS! The final event, which is also the Award Ceremony, was completed on the 2nd of June 2023. The event was hosted at Malta Aquarium, one of the Network’s members, and saw the participation of over 200 participants, including school children, representatives of the Ministry of Education, Local Authorities, Members of the Network etc. The welcome speech was presented by the Ministeer of Environment Ms Miriam Dalli. The implementation of the event this year, alongside schools that implement the Eco-Schools’ Litterless Campaign, and hosted by the
Malta Aquarium, Member of our RCB Network. The awards were presented to the following HoReCa who cooperated with the schools to promote the Zero Waste concept through implementation of solutions:
• Talbot & Bons Restaurant
• Talbot & Bons Boutique Hotel
• Costa Coffee
• Manouche
• St. Thomas Moore Tuckshop
• St. Micheals Tuckshop

 

6️⃣.  Extensive communication and dissemination activities took place over the duration of the project, and especially at times with important activities, e.g. , the cleanup events, waste characterization activities etc. 4,600,000 people reached through Communication and dissemination activities were inclusive all means and media (print, online, social etc).

#potavristou for another year!

Posted on September 1st, 2022 in News

The #potavristou campaign will be running again this year following its massive success over the last 3 years. Every group or individual can reach out wherever they are, pick up the litter found around them and upload their data using the Clean Swell app or send it through one of AKTI’s social media pages. They can also upload the photos on their own social media pages using the hashtags #potavristou, #akti, #SeaTheChange.

We are reaching out for all the month of September!

Campaign background

The #potavristou campaign is an innovative example of implementing citizens science. It was first implemented in September 2019. “Potavristou” is a word used in the Cypriot dialect which roughly translates to “reach out” or “lend a hand”. It was used to name this innovative action that was started by a group of volunteers in collaboration with AKTI Project and Research Centre. Of note is how #potavristou became a “prophetic” action. It was developed in 2019 during a time where there were no restrictions on gatherings. However, a year later, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this was a different story. An action such as #potavristou was well-received as it allowed people to be active and help the environment without endangering themselves or others!

 

International recognitions

#potavristou received international recognition from its very first year! In 2020 an international competition was organised by Ocean Conservancy, a multinational organisation, to promote the 10 most innovative beach clean-up actions of 2019. Among the hundreds of entries from more than 130 different countries, AKTI’s submission with #potavristou initiative was awarded as one of the 10 most innovative actions worldwide! In 2021 #potavristou received the recognition and support from the MIO-ECSDE (the Mediterranean Information Office · for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development). For 2022 #potavristou received once more the support of  the international Ocean Conservancy within its campaign #TeamSeas.

Results from the previous #potavristou campaigns

On the 21^st of September 2019 on International Coastal Cleanup Day, the organisers encouraged the audience to help clean our seas and coasts, wherever they may be. On this day, more than 500 people reached out and collected surrounding litter. This included items such as glass and plastic cups, bottles, bags, food containers, drinks cans, nets, etc. 5.5 tonnes of waste were collected that day and removed before they could begin their vicious cycle of entering the sea and coming back into our lives in the form of microplastics.

After the incredibly positive response that this campaign received in 2019, #potavristou was run again in 2020 during the whole month of September. The results from the #potavristou_2020 campaign were astonishing: 2016 volunteers took part, data was sent for 187 different locations in Cyprus and 20 locations abroad, 12 tonnes of litter were collected (70% of which was plastic), additionally there was a reach of 12 million through the media and AKTI’s social media pages!

We continued with this same amazing success in 2021. 2590 volunteers cleaned up 13.5 tonnes of litter across 114 locations in Cyprus and 63 locations abroad! Worryingly, 87% of this 13.5 tonnes of litter was plastic, a much greater percentage than the year before! This shows the increasing importance of the #potavristou campaign and the need to continue raising awareness and cleaning our beaches!

In total, during the past 3 years, 5016 volunteers have been engaged in #potavristou, from all around Cyprus and 134 locations all over the globe, and they collected 30,5 tones of litter!

Instructions to get involved with #potavristou

1. You can take part as an individual, with your group or through an organised event.
2. Wherever you may be, either at the beach or on a boat, reach out and pick up any litter in sight! You can also go a bit further and perform a thorough beach clean-up!
3. Separate the litter into groups and count the individual items e.g., this many plastic bottles, this many cigarette butts etc.
4. Take a photo.
5. Upload this photo to Facebook/Twitter/Instagram with the hashtags #potavristou, #SeaTheChange and #akti, along with the relevant data (number, type), collection location and how many people were involved.
6. You can also use the Clean Swell app developed by the Ocean Conservancy.
7. In the case of you owning a private Instagram account, please upload to Facebook as we will not be able to see your post. In your Facebook post tag ΑΚΤΗ / AKTI Project and Research Centre. Alternatively, you can send it through AKTI’s webpage or just send it through our Facebook Messenger! Doing this helps us here at AKTI as it allows us to record field data that can be used to compare results both from the past and in the future.
8. What will you do with the litter you have collected?

• If you are at a remote beach, take it with you!
• If you are at an organised beach, put it in the available rubbish bins (there should also be some PMD bins around)
• If you are on a boat, dispose of it in the corresponding bins when you make port.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting increase in plastic pollution, the need for a greater number of participants is critical!

Therefore, be a part of #potavristou and reach out wherever you may be, to help clean our seas and coasts!

For more information:

 

www.akti.org.cy

https://www.facebook.com/akti.cy

https://www.instagram.com/akti_ngo/

22458485 (Christina Baldwin)

Zero Waste Beach Awards 2022!

Posted on June 23rd, 2022 in News

Yesterday, on the 22nd of June 2022, the Zero Waste Beach Champions 2022 were awarded by AKTI Project and Research Centre in collaboration with the Coca-Cola Foundation under the Zero Waste Beach project.

After a rigorous evaluation process, nine coastal businesses from all over Cyprus were selected and awarded for their Good Practices in the categories of Sustainability, Innovation, Environmental and Social Responsibility!

Thank you to everyone for your hard work and dedication!

Παγκόσμια πρωτιά στη συνεργασία της ΑΚΤΗΣ με το Δήμο Γεροσκήπου για την μείωση της πλαστικής ρύπανσης!

Posted on June 22nd, 2022 in News

Την πρώτη θέση παγκόσμια κατέκτησε το Κέντρο Μελετών και Έρευνας ΑΚΤΗ στον διαγωνισμό για Βέλτιστες Πρακτικές-Best Practices που διοργάνωσε ο Διεθνής Οργανισμός για τη Γαλάζια Σημαία, ανάμεσα στις χώρες που συμμετέχουν στο διεθνές πρόγραμμα της Γαλάζιας Σημαίας. Πρόκειται για την καλή πρακτική της συνεργασίας του Δήμου της Γεροσκήπου με το Κέντρο Μελετών και Έρευνας ΑΚΤΗ, που αφορά την μείωση της πλαστικής ρύπανσης. Η καλή πρακτική πήρε την πρώτη θέση  στην κατηγορία «Συνέργειες/κοινές δράσεις με άλλα Προγράμματα του Ιδρύματος της Γαλάζιας Σημαίας για την Περιβαλλοντική Εκπαίδευση».

Λαμβάνοντας υπόψη τις αρνητικές επιπτώσεις που επιφέρουν τα πλαστικά στην καθημερινότητά μας, ο Δήμος Γεροσκήπου σε συνεργασία με το Κέντρο Μελετών και Έρευνας ΑΚΤΗ και με τη συμμετοχή των σχολείων της περιοχής Γεροσκήπου, ξεκίνησε ένα έργο στη βραβευμένη με Γαλάζια Σημαία Δημοτική Παραλία της Γεροσκήπου, για μείωση, επαναχρησιμοποίηση και ανακύκλωση PMD, από τα οποία πάνω από το 90% είναι πλαστικό.

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AKTI Project and Research Centre won the first place in the International Competition for Best Practices, organized by the International Blue Flag Organization, amongst other participants from all over the world participating in the International ”Blue Flag Program”. Together with the Municipality of Geroskipou, this ”Good Practice” aims to reduce the plastic pollution from the coasts. This practice took the first place in the category of “Synergies / joint actions with other Programs of the Blue Flag Foundation for Environmental Education”.

Taking in to consideration all the above negative impacts that plastics bring to our everyday lives, the Municipality of Geroskipou in cooperation with Akti Project Research Center and with the participation of the schools in the area of Geroskipou, initiated a project at the Blue Flag Beach of Laiki Paralia,  to reduce, reuse and recycle PMD, out of which, over 90% is plastic.

Persistent marine litter: small plastics and cigarette butts remain on beaches after organized beach cleanups

Posted on April 18th, 2022 in Journal Articles

Authors: Dr. Xenia I. Loizidou, Dr. Michael I. Loizides, Ms. Demetra L. Orthodoxou

Published in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Abstract: Cyprus is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean whose economy is largely dependent on coastal tourism. It boasts some of the cleanest waters in Europe and has the largest number of Blue Flag awarded beaches per capita in the world. These beaches are managed by local authorities and are regularly cleaned, throughout the year, at least once per day. This paper presents findings from cleanups that were organized over the summers of 2016 and 2017 on nine Blue Flag beaches around the island of Cyprus, after the beaches were cleaned by the responsible authorities. The aim was to answer the following questions: ‘Are regular beach cleanups by local authorities efficient?’ and ‘What is left on a Bclean^ beach?’ The results suggest that local authority cleanup efforts are quite successful at collecting larger pieces of marine litter, leaving the beach seemingly clean. However, small pieces of litter, such as cigarette butts and small pieces of plastic items related to recreational activities, remain on the beach. They likely accumulate or are buried over time, with some items becoming a nuisance to beach goers and a potential source of marine litter.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6798-9

#potavristou is happening again this year!

Posted on September 8th, 2021 in News

 

The #potavristou campaign will be running again this year following its massive success over the last 2 years. Every group or individual can reach out wherever they are, pick up the litter found around them and upload their data using the free Clean Swell app (download from Play Store/App store) or send it through one of AKTI’s social media pages. They can also upload the photos on their own social media pages using the hashtag #potavristou. More information is available in the Instructions to get involved with #potavristou section.

 

We are reaching out for all the month of September! With the peak of our campaign running from the 22^nd to the 25^th of September.

 

 

Campaign background

 

The #potavristou campaign was first implemented in September 2019. “Potavristou” is a word used in the Cypriot dialect which roughly translates to “reach out” or “lend a hand”. It was used to name this innovative action that was started by a group of volunteers in collaboration with AKTI Project and Research Centre. Of note is how #potavristou became a “prophetic” action. It was developed in 2019 during a time where there were no restrictions on gatherings. However, a year later, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this was a different story. An action such as #potavristou was well-received as it allowed people to be active and help the environment without endangering themselves or others!

 

 

In 2020 an international competition was organised by Ocean Conservancy, a multinational organisation, to promote the 10 most innovative beach clean-up actions of 2019. AKTI’s submission involved three actions: #potavristou, the DecyDe-4 decision toolbox for marine litter reduction, and our brand surveys. Among the hundreds of entries from more than 130 different countries, AKTI’s collective submission was awarded as one of the 10 most innovative actions worldwide!

 

 

Results from the previous #potavristou campaigns

 

On the 21^st of September 2019 on International Coastal Cleanup Day, the organisers encouraged the audience to help clean our seas and coasts, wherever they may be. On this day, more than 500 people reached out and collected surrounding litter. This included items such as glass and plastic cups, bottles, bags, food containers, drinks cans, nets, etc. 5.5 tonnes of waste were collected that day and removed before they could begin their vicious cycle of entering the sea and coming back into our lives in the form of microplastics.

 

After the incredibly positive response that this campaign received in 2019, #potavristou was run again in 2020 during the whole month of September. The results from the #potavristou_2020 campaign were astonishing: 2016 volunteers took part, data was sent for 187 different locations in Cyprus and 20 locations abroad, 12 tonnes of litter were collected (70% of which was plastic), additionally there was a reach of 12 million through the media and AKTI’s social media pages!

 

 

Instructions to get involved with #potavristou

 

1. You can take part as an individual, with your group or through an organised event.
2. Wherever you may be, either at the beach or on a boat, reach out and pick up any litter in sight! You can also go a bit further and perform a thorough beach clean-up!
3. Separate the litter into groups and count the individual items e.g., this many plastic bottles, this many cigarette butts etc.
4. Take a photo
5. Upload this photo to Facebook/Twitter/Instagram with the hashtags #potavristou, #teamocean and #akti, along with the relevant data (number, type), collection location and how many people were involved.
6. You can also use the free Clean Swell app (download from Play Store/App store) developed by the Ocean Conservancy.
7. In the case of you owning a private Instagram account, please upload to Facebook as we will not be able to see your post. In your Facebook post tag ΑΚΤΗ / AKTI Project and Research Alternatively, you can send it through AKTI’s webpage or just send it through our Facebook Messenger! Doing this helps us here at AKTI as it allows us to record field data that can be used to compare results both from the past and in the future.
8. What will you do with the litter you have collected?

• If you are at a remote beach, take it with you!
• If you are at an organised beach, put it in the available rubbish bins (there should also be some PMD bins around)
• If you are on a boat, dispose of it in the corresponding bins when you make port.

 

 

Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting increase in plastic pollution, the need for a greater number of participants is critical!

 

Therefore, be a part of #potavristou and reach out wherever you may be, to help clean our seas and coasts!

 

For more information:

 

www.akti.org.cy

https://www.facebook.com/akti.cy

https://www.instagram.com/akti_ngo/

22458485 (Stephanie Hadjiprocopiou or Christina Baldwin)

 

 

How #AKTI will celebrate World Environment Week & EU Green Week

Posted on June 4th, 2021 in News

Hiking at Avakas Gorge on the Akamas Peninsula

Posted on October 26th, 2020 in News

📍 𝑨𝒗𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 is an amazing masterpiece of nature located at the 𝑨𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒂 and is considered as a trekker paradise 🛤, offering stunning views through the beautiful local flora 🌺 and fauna 🐦.

🎥 Here is a video from our hiking trip at Avakas Gorge, through which the beauty of nature is captured!

👉 Activity implemented by ΑΚΤΗ / AKTI Project and Research Centre as part of the Mediterranean Action Day 2020 of MIO – ECSDE dedicated to the importance of marine and coastal Natura 2000. It is organized in the framework of the Annual Programme of MIO – ECSDE supported by the LIFE Programme.

 

Get to know and love Akamas Peninsula!

Posted on October 20th, 2020 in News

 

📢 Throughout October, we will share with you interesting information about the “Natura 2000” site and specifically the Akamas area!

𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒂!

👉 part of the Mediterranean Action Day 2020 of MIO – ECSDE dedicated to the importance of marine and coastal Natura 2000. It is organized in the framework of the Annual Programme of MIO – ECSDE supported by the LIFE Programme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Συνάντηση του Υπουργού Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος, της λειτουργού του Τμήματος Περιβάλλοντος και της πρέσβειρας Μεσογειακών Ακτών με την ευκαιρία της Μέρας Ακτών της Μεσογείου!

Posted on September 25th, 2020 in News

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