External Events
Title: Review of the organisational and technological issues involved in recycling waste from fishing technologies
Event: Halieutis – international meeting of the fishing sector
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Agadir (Morocco)
Date: 07/02/2025
Title: Modelización del transporte de micro y macro plásticos en el océano: procesos físicos y biofísicos que ayudan a la degradación de los plásticos
Event: Seminarios Centro Singular CRETUS
Partner/s: USC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Date: 10/01/2025
Title: Plástico nos océanos: monitorización e comportamento do lixo marino
Event: Ciencia Singular
Partner/s: USC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Date: 23/11/2024
Title: Plastic pellets – Recovery equipement
Event: Marine and Spill Plastic Pollution Conference
Partner/s: Cedre
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Southampton (UK)
Date: 11/06/2024
Title: Recovery of Lost Fishing Gear
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: CETMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Title: Key information on plastic pellets: setting the scene
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: Cedre
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Title: Lessons learnt from TOCONAO event and potential for improving contingency plans
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: INTECMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Title: Toward harmonized guidance for sampling, processing and quantification of MP in different matrices
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Title: Predictive models to identify areas of marine litter hotspots
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: UL-CUL
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Title: Presentation of the FRee LitterAT project
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: CETMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Title: Free litterAT – Advancing towards litter- free Atlantic coastal communities by preventing and reducing macro and micro litter
Event: MaRaM
Partner/s: DRAM
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Madeira (Portugal)
Date: 20/05/2024
Title: Modeling Fragmentation of Plastic Particles
Event: Euromech – Microplastic Dispersion Pathways
Partner/s: USC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Lerici (italy)
Date: 06-08/05/2024
Title: Seabed litter assesment using a remotely operated towed vehicle: a case study at Concepción Seamount, Canary Islands (Spain)
Event: UN Conference Ocean Decade
Partner/s: IEO
Type: Poster
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 10-12/04/2024
Title: Free-LitterAT: on the road to litter-free Atlantic coastal communities
Event: UN Conference Ocean Decade
Partner/s: IEO
Type: Poster
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 10-12/04/2024
Title: Recycling used fishing gear to tackle marine pollution
Event: UBS 2024 Science Night
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Type: Stand
Location: Lorient (France)
Date: 04/10/2024
Title: Presentation of the Industrial Plastic Pellets issue
Event: 2nd technical day for municipal and municipal and inter-municipal staff, organised by Syndicat Mixte du Littoral Landais
Partner/s: Cedre
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Contis plage (France)
Date: 16/05/2024
Title: What existing efforts and further action can the EU and OSPAR take to support national, regional and international efforts
Event: Joint EU / OSPAR Workshop on end-of-life fishing gear policy and circularity
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Type: Pannel discussion
Location: Brussels (Belgium)
Date: 20-21/02/2024
Title: Technological developments for the detection of Lost or Abandoned Fishing Gear (ALDFG)
Title: Coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulations with volunteers
Event: Coastal Cleanup Lahinch
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: An Taisce
Location: Lahinch (Ireland)
Date: 12/03/2025
Title: Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: San Rafael residence
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 20/02/2025
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas de Valongo
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 12/02/2025
Title: Guardian@s del mar: Protegiendo nuestros mares de la basura (Guardians of the Sea: Protecting Our Oceans from litter)
Event: 11th February celebration: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Type: Primary education – CEIP Carrasqueira School
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 12/02/2025
Title: Video – Research activity for students
Event: Pontenciencia
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 22/01/2025
Title: Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Doral Residencias – People with physical and/or intellectual disabilities, and elderly people with visual and hearing impairments
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 22/01/2025
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas de Idães, Felgueiras
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 15/01/2025
Title: Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Down Vigo
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 27/11/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (3rd grade and secundary) – Colégio de Lamas
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 15/11/2024
Title: Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: ONCE (Spanish National Organization of the Blind)
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 24/10/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (3rd grade and secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas de Cristelo (Paredes)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 17/10/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Sea Tech week
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 15-17/10/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Fête de la science
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 10-14/10/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (3rd grade and secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas Rosa Ramalho
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 09/10/2024
Title: Recycling used fishing gear to tackle marine pollution
Event: The Science Night
Type: Workshop
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Location: Lorien (France)
Date: 04/10/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: European Researchers’ Night
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 27/09/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: European Researchers’ Night
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 27/09/2024
Title: MaRaM campaign
Event: MaRaM beach clean-up campaign
Type: Presentation of the ARDITI work regarding marine litter technologies and the Free LitterAT project
Partner/s: ARDITI
Location: Porto Santo Island (Portugal)
Date: 23/09/2024
Title: DRAM will be carrying out a coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulation sites of Madeira
Event: International Coastal Cleanup Day
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Maiata-Madeira Island (Portugal)
Date: 21-29/09/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Fêtes maritimes
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 12-17/07/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Fête de la mer et des littoraux
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 03/07/2024
Title: MaRaM campaign
Event: MaRaM beach clean-up campaign
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island (Portugal)
Date: 01-31/07/2024
Title: Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Eau Fête
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Morlaix (France)
Date: 07/06/2024
Title: Redesign of the educational game
Event: All events
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 07/06/2024
Title: DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Madeira Island
Event: Marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site with volunteers
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Maiata- Madeira Island (Portugal)
Date: 31/05/2024
Title: Descrifrando o impacto dos microplásticos no medio mariño (Deciphering the impact of microplastics in the marine environment)
Event: Awareness event “Football, water and microplastics”
Type: General public – presentation
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Pontecaldelas (Spain)
Date: 12/04/2024
Title: DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Madeira Island
Event: Marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site with volunteers
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Baía d’Abra – Madeira Island (Portugal)
Date: 27/03/2024
Title: Education workshop about marine litter
Event: Lecture and experiments in a primary school
Type: Primary education – activity with schoolars
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Pontevedra (Spain)
Date: 18/03/2024
Title: MaRaM campaign
Event: MaRaM beach clean-up campaign
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Madeira (Portugal)
Date: 01/03/2024 – 30/04/2024
Title: Education workshop about marine litter
Event: 11th February celebration: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Type: Primary education – Souto-Donas School
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 16/03/2024
Title: Estudiando la basura marina: del mar al laboratorio (Studying the marine litter: from sea to lab)
Event: 11th February celebration: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Type: Primary education – CEIP Carrasqueira School
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 16/03/2024
Title: Lixo mariño e microplásticos, do macro ao micro (Marine litter and microplastics: from macro to micro)
Event: Menudo ForoAcui
Type: Scientific crongress for primary students
Partner/s: IEO
Location: O Grove (Spain)
Date: 17/11/2023
Title: Working together for free litter coastal communities
Title: O proxecto Free LitterAT, coordinado polo CETMAR, reúne nun kit de ferramentas en liña os recursos de 25 proxectos europeos para previr e reducir o lixo mariño
Title: O proxecto Free LitterAT, coordinado polo CETMAR, reúne nun kit de ferramentas en liña os recursos de 25 proxectos europeos para previr e reducir o lixo mariño
Title: The European Union working towards litter-free coastal communities
Title: New Toolkit: Supporting Coastal Communities in Tackling Marine Litter
Title: The European Union working towards litter-free coastal communities
Title: 3ème réunion de coordination du projet Interreg Atlantic Area Free LitterAT
Source: Linked-in
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 15/11/2024
Title: DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Porto Santo Island
Title: Que faire des filets de pêche usagés ? L’UBS planche sur des solutions
Title: Que faire des déchêts d’engins de pêche ?
Title: Madeira Island takes part in Interreg Cooperation Day 2024
Title: Interreg Cooperation Day Clean-Up in Madeira
Title: DRAM will be carrying out a coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulation sites of Madeira with the general public, as well as associations and institutions, within the scope of International Coastal Cleanup Day.
Title: Marine litter monitoring in Selvagem Pequena Island
Title: DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Porto Santo Island
Title: El consorcio Free Litter AT, que coordina CETMAR, se reúne en Galway para analizar los avances del proyecto en la gestión y disminución de la basura marina
Source: CETMAR news
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 08/07/2024
Title: 2nd coordination meeting of Free litterAT in Galway-Ireland
Source: DRAM website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 03/07/2024
Title: OSPAR meeting of ICG-ML in Funchal (Madeira) – 18-21 june – Presentation of Free litterAT project by CEDRE; Projetct Activities by ARDITI and Workshop on sources of Marine Litter by DRAAC.
Title: Free-LitterAT – Advancing towards litter-free Atlantic coastal communities by preventing and reducing macro and micro litter
Source: UL-CUL website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 12/06/2024
Title: DRAAC developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Madeira Island
Title: Galicia lidera un proyecto europeo por un Atlántico limpio de redes y microplásticos
Source: La Voz de Galicia
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 27/02/2024
Title: Más de una veintena de organizaciones se unen en el proyecto europeo “Free Litterat” para combatir la basura marina en la costa atlántica
Source: Industrias pesqueras
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 26/02/2024
Title: Kick-off do projeto Free-LitterAT em Vigo
Source: ARDTITI website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
Title: 24 organizaciones europeas trabajarán en la búsqueda de soluciones innovadoras para prevenir, vigilar y reducir la basura marina a través del proyecto ‘Free LitterAT’
Source: Noticias Vigo
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
Title: 24 organizaciones europeas trabajarán en la búsqueda de soluciones innovadoras para prevenir, vigilar y reducir la basura marina a través del proyecto ‘Free LitterAT’
Source: Gov clipping
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
Title: 24 organizacións europeas traballarán na busca de solucións innovadoras para previr, vixiar e reducir o lixo mariño a través do proxecto ‘Free LitterAT’
Source: COPE
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
Title: Kick-off do projeto Free-LitterAT em Vigo
Source: DRAM facebook site
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 24/01/224
Title: The project consists of preserving biodiversity and reducing pollution in the oceans
Source: UL-CUL website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 29/11/2023
Title: O projeto consiste na preservação da biodiversidade e na redução da poluição nos oceanos
Source: UL-CUL website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 29/11/2023