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Awareness Activities for Protecting the Black Sea Ecosystem and Reducing Marine Litter Continue!

  Awareness-raising activities under the BSB-785 LitOUTer Project, completed in 2023, continue. The events, designed for young people and children, aim to protect the Black Sea ecosystem, reduce marine litter, and strengthen societal awareness. As part of these efforts, an Read more…


Commemoration of the World Environment Day 2023 and Raising Awareness on Reducing Marine Liter in the Black Sea

As part of the ongoing series of activities under the LitOUTer Project to commemorate World Environment Day, a special event was held on June 9, 2023, focusing on reducing marine litter in the Black Sea. The event was organized in Read more…


LitOUTer Project Activities Continues: Calling on High School Students to Protect the Black Sea Ecosystem and Reduce Marine Litter on the World Environment Day 2023

  On June 8, 2023, the 88th Year Republic Anatolian High School in Trabzon hosted a special training session to mark World Environment Day. The event was organized in collaboration with the LitOUTer Project and Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) to Read more…


Workshop of the LitOUTer Project: the Contribution of Stakeholders and National and Regional Approaches to Reduce Marine Litter Pollution in the Black Sea

Another workshop of the LitOUTer (BSB-785) Project has been carried out in Trabzon, Turkiye. This workshop is the third agenda of a series of LitOUTer Project workshops.  The workshop was held for two days on November 3-4th 2022. In this Read more…


“The Marine Litter Symposium 2022 was held in Trabzon, TURKIYE”

  The International Symposium on Marine Litter in the Black Sea: Ecological and Socio-Economic Problems, which was held between 31 October – 2 November 2022 in the Osman Turan Conference Hall of Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TURKIYE.   More than 200 Read more…


Raising Awareness of Marine Litter with the Local Community in the Arpalı Neighborhood, District of Köprübaşı

Another training was conducted at the Arpalı Neighborhood in Köprübaşı District, Trabzon on June 22nd, 2022. Arpalı Neighborhood of Köprübaşı District is one of the focus areas of the LiıtOUTer Project as it is located in the upper stream of Read more…


KTU Central Kanuni Campus: Don’t Let the Black Sea Be Filled with Marine Litter, Don’t Throw : Solid waste collection and awareness event

Kanuni Campus of Karadeniz Technical University : Don’t Let the Black Sea Be Filled with Garbage, Don’t Throw It: Solid waste collection and awareness event. The program organized by Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) Sürmene Faculty of Marine Sciences within the Read more…


Training with marine community in the Trabzon Port

Another training was conducted in the Trabzon Port on April 7th, 2022. The training was targeting marine communities and sea users in Trabzon. Sea users such as fishermen and mariners have dailyinteractions with the sea thus any alteration in the Read more…


The Second Workshop of BSB 785 (LitOUTer) Project “Marine Litter Movement in the Black Sea”

A workshop for modeling marine litter of the (LitOUTer) Project has been carried out in Trabzon, Turkey.  This workshop is the second agenda of a series of LitOUTer Project workshops which aims to demonstrate the achievement of the project to Read more…


Training with local women and housewives’ community in the Trabzon Maturation Institute

On December 25th, 2021, a training was conducted in the Trabzon Maturation Institute. The training was targeting the local women-housewives’ communities. Women and housewives play important role in family education and litter control from homes and their community in general. Read more…



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