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22 | CURBING PLASTIC POLLUTION

The BeMed network currently covers 15 Mediterranean countries, KEYFACT
with support given to 82 projects.

MICRO-INITIATIVES
The 13 awardees

of BeMed 2022

commit to a plastic-free Mediterranean

How can we combat the comeback of single-use
plastic, encouraged by the health crisis? To continue
to hinder the diffusion of plastic pollution in a seve-
rely affected region, the association Beyond Plastic
Med (BeMed) renewed its call for micro-initiatives in
the Mediterranean region, promoting a series of ini- PROFILE
tiatives committed to reducing single-use plastics.
Housed within the Prince
During the online conference, which was held on Albert II of Monaco
24 March 2022, BeMed unveiled the 13 winning Foundation, the BeMed IN
projects (from 10 countries) joining the extensive association has received
Mediterranean network BeMed. Consumption, the generous support of FIGURES
tourism, maritime transport, agriculture, fishing the Didier and Martine
and hospitals… These are all areas in which the Primat Foundation and
members of this active network are involved in order the Foundation for Future In 10 years, the Mediterranean
to implement sustainable solutions and share good Generation’s Aether fund, has accumulated 1.2 million
practice to fight the plastic plague. for the benefit of its call for tonnes of plastic in its waters.
micro-initiatives. (source: The Mediterranean: Mare
Plasticum, rapport de UICN, 2020)

Above: Several project leaders who received
support from BeMed in 2021, as well as some
awardees from previous years, gathered to
share their experience within the BeMed
network.
©M. Dagnino