Discussion on working together to achieve project goals: white paper on lakes, framework directive on inland water pollution levels, opening an institutional table at the Ministry of Environment to include the eligibility limit in national legislation. (Action B.6 working panel)
Second sampling by Arpa Umbria in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment (Action B.2)
Attended Global Nature Fund at Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency (LBDCA), Hungary, organizes a 24-hour long online conference marathon for the protection and sustainable management of lakes and lake basins in the world.
Second annual (autumnal) sampling by ENEA and Legambiente useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)
Polytechnic University of Marche Region joined the initiative and presented currently in progress project's activities
The project's experience at the initiative "Towards a healthy plastic-free Mediterranean Sea". Legambiente, ENEA, Polytechnic University of Marche Region and PlasticsEurope joined the initiative.
Meeting on a on line platform (Teams) to share information with all the partners about the development of project actions looking toward the First Annual Monitoring Report (Action E.2)
In Como a meeting to discuss with researchers and experts on plastics: how do they spread? What effects do they have on the environment and health? Which solutions are there?
First sampling by ENEA, Legambiente and Arpa Umbria in order to identify the number and location of sampling sites, frequency and times for the following seasonal campaigns.
(Action B.2)
First sampling by ENEA and Legambiente useful in order to identify the number and location of sampling sites, sampling frequency and times.
(Action B.2)
UNIVPM has started the sampling campaign at the water purification unit in Castreccioni, managed by ACQUAMBIENTE MARCHE Srl.
(Action B.3)
Blue Lakes journey has officially begun, starting from numbers: those about microplastics concentration per square kilometre in lakes Garda, Bracciano and Trasimeno.
Workshop that took place at the Department of Life Sciences and the Environment of the Polytechnic University of Marche Region
Working team presentation to the monitor that European Comission employed and explanatation of project actions development by the beneficiaries.
The kick-off meeting was held in Rome, attended by representatives of all Italian and German partners.
