Blastic

DESCRIPTION OF ACTION

The BLASTIC project aims at reducing plastic waste and, thereby, the inflow of hazardous substances into the Baltic Sea by mapping and monitoring the amounts of litter in the aquatic environment.

SCHEDULE

2016–2018

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT AND FUNDING

EU Interreg Central Baltic

EUR 1,016,500 (European Regional Development Fund: EUR 784,522)

MAIN IMPLEMENTING PARTY AND CONTACT

Pidä Saaristo Siistinä ry (Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association), Finnish Environment Institute, City of Turku and Håll Sverige Rent (Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation)

https://www.pidasaaristosiistina.fi/in_english/project_work/blastic