Press release on the ‘Clean Coast 2022’ clean-up campaign
On Saturday 17 September 2022, the thirteenth ‘Clean Coast’ clean-up campaign took place along the Slovenian coast, despite the poor weather.
Photo: Aleš Rosa
After the clean-up campaign, we continued our meeting indoors at HEKI – a laboratory based on the concept of social science. We examined microplastics under a microscope. The samples were presented by Tine Bizjak from the Slovenian Water Institute. Mateja Grego, PhD in Biology and a researcher at the Piran Marine Biology Station of the National Institute of Biology, demonstrated how microplastics are sampled in aquatic environments and sediments. The campaign is co-funded by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning.
Photo: Aleš Rosa
You can read more about the clean-up campaign and the accompanying event via the link below:
Clean Coast 2022 – announcement
Thank you to everyone who takes part in the event every year and, in your own way, helps to keep our natural environment cleaner.
Photo: Teja Blatnik