Determining the extent of pollution
To determine the extent and distribution of plastic pollution in surface waters and beach sediments.
Project · 2024 onwards
Plastic Pollution Monitoring and Awareness Project
The project aims to determine the extent and distribution of plastic pollution in surface waters and beach sediments.
- Period
- 2024 onwards
- Partners
- UCPA Water Sports Centre, Datça Municipality, UçanBalık Diving School, Datça City Council
- stations sampled for microplastics
- 17
- stations sampled for macro- and mesoplastics
- 5
- of waste removed from marine life
- 2.5 tonnes
- students in the coastal macro-litter sampling
- 506
Where?
Coasts the project spans
- 01Datça-Bozburun Special Environmental Protection AreaPlastic pollution in the marine protected areas of the region
What we do
Projenin 4 ana hedefi
Turning data into awareness
The data obtained will be used to raise awareness at regional and national level, and monitoring will be carried out for five years by establishing a database.
Sharing the data
The data will be shared with public institutions, universities and civil society organisations at a workshop to be held in the Datça-Bozburun SEPA.
Awareness in schools
The project results will also be used, in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education, local schools and teachers, to raise awareness of marine litter among school-age children.
01Determining the extent of pollution+
To determine the extent and distribution of plastic pollution in surface waters and beach sediments.
02Turning data into awareness+
The data obtained will be used to raise awareness at regional and national level, and monitoring will be carried out for five years by establishing a database.
03Sharing the data+
The data will be shared with public institutions, universities and civil society organisations at a workshop to be held in the Datça-Bozburun SEPA.
04Awareness in schools+
The project results will also be used, in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education, local schools and teachers, to raise awareness of marine litter among school-age children.
PLASMAP
Within PLASMAP, which began in 2024 and lasted 6 months
- microplastic stations
- 17
- waste removed
- 2.5 tonnes
- students
- 506
- Microplastic sampling was carried out at 17 different stations, and macro- and mesoplastic sampling at 5 stations.
- As part of citizen science activities in cooperation with the UCPA Water Sports Centre, microplastics accumulating on the water surface were collected using paddle boards.
- In total, 2.5 tonnes of waste were removed from marine life. Cooperation with local institutions was developed during the clean-up work. Datça Municipality and UçanBalık Diving School were among the biggest supporters.
- A Citizen Science Workshop was held in cooperation with Datça City Council. At this workshop, citizens were told how they can take part in microplastic sampling work.
- Hundreds of students and volunteers were reached through education and awareness events.
- 506 students were brought together at the Coastal Macro-Litter Sampling event.
