Balıkesir Metropolitan Conducts Coastal Cleanup at Altınkum
Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality carried out a coastal cleanup and waste monitoring activity at Altınkum Dalyan in Edremit. Plastic, glass, metal, and cigarette butts were collected.
22 October 2026, 22:13 · Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyesi
This story was automatically translated from the Turkish original.
Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality conducted a coastal cleanup and waste monitoring initiative at Altınkum Dalyan, located in Edremit district. As part of the European Environment Agency’s Marine Litter Watch program, plastic packaging, cigarette butts, glass fragments, and metal pieces were collected.
The initiative was led by the Directorate of Environmental Protection and Control, with participation from the 1st Regional Directorate of Local Services, Edremit TEMA, Edremit Association for Environmental Health and Nature Protection, Körfez Entrepreneurs Club, and Ayhan Örten, İzmir Coordinator of TÜRÇEV.
Waste was categorized by type and the data uploaded to the monitoring system. These data will be used to identify pollution sources and ground future preventive measures in science-based decision-making.
