Best practices

At-sea recording of marine litter and implementation of targeted training programmes for the maritime industry (Greece)
Awareness about cigarette butt pollution (France)
Blue Flag Programme in Portugal (Portugal)
BREF (Best Available Techniques Reference Document) in common wastewater and waste gas treatment/management systems in the chemical sector (European))
Coastwatch Constanta (Romania)
Devon Waste Education Programme (UK)
Implementation of MARPOL Annex V in Cyprus (Cyprus)
Indirect Fee System for the Collection of Ship Waste in Cyprus (Cyprus)
Installation of a barrage on the Adour river for the interception and collection of waste (France)
Integrated action plan for the cleaning of the Channel coast (France)

The General Council of Manche (GC50) developed a guide to help local authorities, social enterprises and other stakeholders wishing to organise cleanups of the 300 km of beaches and 50 km of rocky coasts that make up the French Channel coast.
Kuna Yala project
Launch of paid reusable bags (Portugal)
Maré Viva Programme (Portugal)
Marine Safety Awareness Courses (North Sea region)
Operation Clean Sweep - Plastic Pellet Loss Prevention Manual and Pledge (UK)
Programme of coordinated management of marine litter on the shore of Marseille Provence Metropolis Urban Community (France)
Project blue line: programme of coordinated management of marine litter on the shore of Charente-Maritime (France)
Regulation of port reception facilities for ship-generated waste (Portugal)
Thames21: River Thames and waterways in Greater London (UK)
The Plastic Bag Levy (Ireland)

In March 2002, the Irish Government introduced a 15 cent levy on plastic shopping bags that were previously provided free of charge to customers at points of sale (Convery et al 2007). This was introduced under 2001 Waste Management Act.

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