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© Illustration Graça Lagrifa
The Mediterranean: Mare plasticum

MEDITERRANEAN
A sea of plastic:

research and solutions

The IUCN’s careful work has
established a foundation to IN

offer a better response to a FIGURES
pollution threatening the

Mediterranean, but which Without radical changes, by 2040, plastic waste
in the Mediterranean will double, exceeding
remains poorly considered. 500,000 tonnes per year.
(source: UICN)