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In Marseille, the twentieth edition of the “Clean Calanques” operation took place on Saturday June 3. The goal is to collect litter along the coastline, where you can find bottles, cans and sometimes even unusual objects.
In Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), some go hunting for waste in the creeks, Saturday June 3. A mother brought her children. In a few minutes, they find phones, condoms or other waste abandoned on the seawall, but also at sea.”We found an electric scooter,” says a local. Volunteer freedivers came to lend a hand. At the bottom of the water, plastic. 8 million tons are found in the oceans each year.
“There is a lot of small waste”
In 2022 on the Mediterranean coast, 79 cubic meters of waste were collected, compared to double two years ago. The situation is improving. “It’s been one of the quietest years to pick up at the bottom. There is a lot of small waste (…) but it is relatively clean enough”underlines François Virevialle, president of the Marseille apnea association. On land and at sea, 60 associations will take turns on Saturday June 3 to clean up the Big Blue, from Marseille to Martigues.
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