Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean
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Albania
Algeria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
European Union
France
Greece
Israel
Italy
Lebanon
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Malta
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Montenegro
Morocco
Slovenia
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The densely populated coastline, fisheries, extensive tourism and maritime traffic, including the riverine inputs, have contributed to a continuous increase in marine litter over past decades (e.g. Santos, Friedrich and Barretto; Galgani et al. 2014; Rech et al. 2014; Unger and Harrison 2016). According to the International Coastal Cleanup Report (Ocean Conservancy 2017), cigarette butts are the most common item found at sea (see also Munari et al.
