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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2025

Assessment of beach litter pollution in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco: a study of macro and meso-litter on Mediterranean beaches.

Mirco Haseler, Lilia Ben Abdallah, Loubna El Fels, Bouchra El Hayany, Gasser Hassan, Gabriela Escobar-Sánchez, Esther Robbe, Miriam von Thenen, Assala Loukili, Mahmoud Abd El-Raouf and 4 more

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14 authors.

Mirco HaselerCoastal & Marine Management Group, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany. mirco.haseler@io-warnemuende.de.
Lilia Ben AbdallahTunis International Center for Environmental Technologies (CITET), Tunis, Tunisia.
Loubna El FelsLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnologies, Agrosciences and Environment (BioMAgE) Labeled Research Unit-CNRST N°4, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco.
Bouchra El HayanyLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnologies, Agrosciences and Environment (BioMAgE) Labeled Research Unit-CNRST N°4, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco.
Gasser HassanArab Academy For Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), P.O. Box 1029, Alexandria, Egypt.
Gabriela Escobar-SánchezCoastal & Marine Management Group, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany.
Esther RobbeCoastal & Marine Management Group, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany.
Miriam von ThenenCoastal & Marine Management Group, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany.
Assala LoukiliLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnologies, Agrosciences and Environment (BioMAgE) Labeled Research Unit-CNRST N°4, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco.
Mahmoud Abd El-RaoufArab Academy For Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), P.O. Box 1029, Alexandria, Egypt.
Fadhel MhiriTunis International Center for Environmental Technologies (CITET), Tunis, Tunisia.
Alaa Abdelwahed El-BaryArab Academy For Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), P.O. Box 1029, Alexandria, Egypt.
Gerald SchernewskiCoastal & Marine Management Group, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany.
Abdallah NassourWaste and Resource Management, Rostock University, Justus-Von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18059, Rostock, Germany.

Funding

BMU/ZUG project TouMaLi (Beitrag der nachhaltigen Abfallwirtschaft im Tourismus zum Schutz der Meeresökosysteme 65MM0001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted surveys of Mediterranean beaches in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia including 37 macro-litter (> 25 mm) and 41 meso-litter (5-25 mm) assessments. Our study identified key litter items and assessed pollution sources on urban, semi-urban, tourist, and semi-rural beaches. Macro-litter concentration averaged 5032 ± 4919 pieces per 100 m or 1.71 ± 2.28 pieces/m

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Bathing BeachesEnvironmental MonitoringEgyptHumansMoroccoTunisiaWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater Pollutants, ChemicalBeach userBuried litterMonitoringSand RakeSingle use plasticWaste mismanagement

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PMID39747750
PMCPMC11695667

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