First, to contain pollution at its source, it is necessary to identify it. Today, OSPAR (Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic) beach litter monitoring protocols are implemented by associations and operators in France to identify debris collected from our shoreline. Meanwhile, Spain has included the stranded seabirds issue in its monitoring actions to achieve two goals at the same time.
LIFE SeaBiL Project will ensure a transnational dialogue to harmonize French and Spanish protocols. That way, litter would be identified according to the same categories, which will guarantee a transnational process of identification of litter in Europe.
In France, a new analysis protocol for mesoplastics and large microplastics will be tested and adapted, together with CEDRE.
