Event: Gnejna Bay Beach Cleanup
Date: Saturday 16 March 2024
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Venue: Gnejna Bay
Project MAELSTROM and Nature Trust Malta organise a beach cleanup at the Coastal gem of Gnejna Bay on the morning of 16 March.
The team of the EU- funded project MAELSTROM – Smart Technology for Marine Litter Sustainable Removal and Management is convening in Malta for its 7th General Assembly and Steering Committee Meeting scheduled for 15 March. To mark this occasion, the consortium of 14 partners from 8 European Union countries, along with , a partner of the World Wildlife Fund, will organise a public beach clean-up and a beach litter monitoring session, with the use of the MAELSTROM app whose functionality has been upgraded under the mission ocean project . The event will be held on Saturday 16 March, at the coastal gem of Gnejna Bay.
The event will kick off at 10:00 am with participants gathering at Gnejna Bay for a morning dedicated to cleanup activities. Following the cleanup, the event will conclude with a "Refresh and Reflect" moment which will include a light lunch and an opportunity for reflection on the impacts of marine litter and the significance of collective efforts undertaken by civil society.
The MAELSTROM team and the colleagues from Nature Trust Malta welcome participants willing to participate at the cleanup/monitoring activities. This will also be the occasion to share the mission of Nature Trust Malta and MAELSTROM’s goals and milestones under the within the Maltese society.
Registration at the event is mandatory through the form:
Let's join hands to make a positive impact on our environment and coastline!
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- Project Maelstrom H2020
MAELSTROM - Smart technology for MArinE Litter SusTainable RemOval and Management - is an EU-H2020 project bringing together 14 partners including research centers, recycling companies, NGOs, marine scientists and robotic experts from 8 European countries. The aim of the project is to implement innovative multi- level solutions for the sustainable removal and recycling of marine litter in coastal environments. MAELSTROM designs, manufactures and integrates scalable, replicable and automated technologies co-powered with renewable energy and second-generation fuel, to identify, remove, sort and transform all types of collected marine litter into valuable raw materials. More information about the MAELSTROM project is available .
- Nature Trust Malta
Nature Trust (Malta) is a non-profit non-governmental environmental organisation working in the Maltese Islands. It is also a privileged partner of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Nature Trust (Malta) is today one of the oldest and largest environmental NGOs in Malta dealing with natural environment of the Maltese Islands. Over the years it has worked and lobbied hard to get legal protection for various plants and animals in the Maltese Islands, helping to save from extinction some of the local endemic species. Today the Trust is very active in environmental education through various means, as it strongly believes that education is the best tool to create awareness on nature conservation. The organisation is also carrying out many environmental projects in Malta such as afforestation, habitat conservation, the conservation of endemic wildlife through the Wildlife Rescue Team, and the creation of marine protected areas. More information about Nature Trust Malta is available .
- University of Malta
More information is available online.
- ISDI group LTD
More information is available .
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Useful Contacts
Manuel Scarpa: send an email
Business Development Manager, ISDI Group Ltd - Malta
Daniele Zingariello: send an email
Research Support Officer, University of Malta
Isabel Gomes: send an email or phone | +39 345 9483943
MAELSTROM Communication Manager, CIMA Research Foundation, Italy
Nature Trust Malta: send an email
