Several cleaning campaigns take place on Croatian islands

In the past few weeks, we have seen various cleaning campaigns and actions, which took place at beaches and bays of several Croatian islands. 

Guests of the Cikat camp on Losinj island, along with workers of the Plavi Svijet institute, have joined forces to clean Zlatna uvala bay in Mali Losinj. The action was done as part of the world’s Clean Up Day campaign. Plavi Svijet is a sea preservation institution, which decided to educate the public about the problem of plastics and other waste in the seas. Besides cleaning the bay, the volunteers have also recorded which types of waste have been collected and where it came from. Moreover, the institute also designed an application called Clean Swell, which gathered all info about collected waste, along with the information about location and number of participants in the Clean Up Day campaign. The action was supported by the Mali Losinj Tourist Board.

Little bit northern, in the Istria region, another action called Eko Brijuni took place on Brijuni islands. The action was organized by several diving clubs and Brijuni National Park management. Similar to the action on Losinj island, the volunteers cleaned up the seabed, but also collected data and took videos of the underwater world, all in purpose of mapping and tracking of specific sea locations. About 80% of all sea waste comes from the land. Considering that it takes 500 years for plastic to decompose, these activities serve as a reminder for the public of how important it is to preserve our seas. The Eko Brijuni action lasted for five days, and was sponsored by Croatian Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Tourism.

All the way in Southern Dalmatia, environmental action called Sub Eco took place on islands Brac, Solta, Vis and Hvar. The action focused on cleaning underwater in Milna bay, Rogac bay, Vis island and Vrboska on Hvar. As predicted, there was plenty of waste which was gathered, from car tires and plastic to bottles, nets and other smaller waste. 25 divers and 42 volunteers removed about 30 cubic meters of waste from the sea. As with all other campaigns, the main goal was to bring more awareness about sea preservation in Croatia.

Sources: Otoci.net, Morski.hr, DalmacijaDanas