Directory
Organisations around the world are working to end nurdle pollution some of whom you will find listed in the Directory below. Please note Fidra is not endorsing these organisations or their work we are simply helping you find people who may be working on nurdle pollution.
A Greener Future
A Greener Future is an environmental non-profit dedicated to leading the effort in sustaining a clean and healthy environment. By bringing together a community of volunteers and environmental stewards, we facilitate programs that eliminate waste from the environment. As education is at the centre of what we do, we inspire change through a variety of learning opportunities. Our programs raise awareness about plastic pollution in the Great Lakes Region, and detailed data collection sheds light on the most common items that are found during litter cleanups. Together, our impact is wide-reaching, bringing us one step closer to our goal.
In 2021, we made a significant stride towards preserving the health of the Great Lakes by introducing nurdle hunts along their shores. We had found nurdles during our litter cleanups before that, but we hadn’t realized how big this problem was right here in our own backyard.
Understanding the urgency of the situation, we took on the responsibility of organizing nurdle hunts in partnership with The Great Global Nurdle Hunt, mobilizing local communities and environmental enthusiasts to participate in these crucial efforts. Through these hunts, not only have thousands of nurdles been collected, preventing them from circulating within the lakes, but awareness has also been raised about the broader issue of plastic pollution. By empowering individuals and fostering a sense of communal responsibility, we are making significant progress toward ensuring a greener and more sustainable future for the Great Lakes and the communities that rely on them.
In 2021, we made a significant stride towards preserving the health of the Great Lakes by introducing nurdle hunts along their shores. We had found nurdles during our litter cleanups before that, but we hadn’t realized how big this problem was right here in our own backyard.
Understanding the urgency of the situation, we took on the responsibility of organizing nurdle hunts in partnership with The Great Global Nurdle Hunt, mobilizing local communities and environmental enthusiasts to participate in these crucial efforts. Through these hunts, not only have thousands of nurdles been collected, preventing them from circulating within the lakes, but awareness has also been raised about the broader issue of plastic pollution. By empowering individuals and fostering a sense of communal responsibility, we are making significant progress toward ensuring a greener and more sustainable future for the Great Lakes and the communities that rely on them.
North America
Gregory Waclawek - Program Manager
Rochelle Byrne - Executive Director
Rochelle Byrne - Executive Director
Land based
Corporate Engagement
Education, Evidence and Innovation
Fidra
UK
Heather McFarlane (Senior Project Manager)
Dani Whitlock (Project Officer)
Jamie Clarkson (Project Officer)
Dani Whitlock (Project Officer)
Jamie Clarkson (Project Officer)
Sea based
Corporate Engagement, Policy and Legislation
Fondali Campania
Fondali Campania is a non-profit, free and non-partisan social promotion association that works to enhance, protect and safeguard the marine and coastal habitat of the Campania Region, in southern Italy.
Our enhancement initiative aims to implement a plan to promote the marine and coastal environment through a series of video reviews, interviews, events and projects. The goal is to raise public awareness of environmental issues, focusing on the protection of marine fauna and flora. Furthermore, we intend to stimulate tourism and involve Campania residents, promoting in-depth knowledge and appreciation of our precious coastal and marine heritage.
All members are constantly committed to protecting and safeguarding the environmental heritage through seabed and beach cleaning operations. The service is the result of the spontaneous availability of the members, who passionately use personal resources in order to achieve this noble goal.
Fondalicampania is committed to training volunteers ("Sentinelle del mare", "Sentinels of the Sea"), capable of carrying out a beach monitoring plan.
In order to ensure the success of the initiative, the association proposes a pilot project, for the monitoring of microplastics in the stretch of the coast of the Campania region.
The pilot project called "Sentinels of the Sea", aims to know the state of health of the beaches, before proposing any solutions to the municipalities involved.
The operational synergy between the various forces of the territory is necessary in order to obtain a reliable database. For this reason, collaboration with other associations and with marine protected areas is foreseen.
Our enhancement initiative aims to implement a plan to promote the marine and coastal environment through a series of video reviews, interviews, events and projects. The goal is to raise public awareness of environmental issues, focusing on the protection of marine fauna and flora. Furthermore, we intend to stimulate tourism and involve Campania residents, promoting in-depth knowledge and appreciation of our precious coastal and marine heritage.
All members are constantly committed to protecting and safeguarding the environmental heritage through seabed and beach cleaning operations. The service is the result of the spontaneous availability of the members, who passionately use personal resources in order to achieve this noble goal.
Fondalicampania is committed to training volunteers ("Sentinelle del mare", "Sentinels of the Sea"), capable of carrying out a beach monitoring plan.
In order to ensure the success of the initiative, the association proposes a pilot project, for the monitoring of microplastics in the stretch of the coast of the Campania region.
The pilot project called "Sentinels of the Sea", aims to know the state of health of the beaches, before proposing any solutions to the municipalities involved.
The operational synergy between the various forces of the territory is necessary in order to obtain a reliable database. For this reason, collaboration with other associations and with marine protected areas is foreseen.
Europe
Vincenzo Donnarumma "vincenzo.donnarumma@unica.it";
Davide De Stefano "fondalicampania@gmail.com"
Davide De Stefano "fondalicampania@gmail.com"
Land based
Sea based, Education
Litter Free Dorset
Litter Free Dorset is a community campaign hosted by Dorset Council, working to reduce litter at source across our county and improve bathing water quality at Dorset’s 38 designated bathing waters. We collaborate with community groups, residents and businesses to deliver coastal and inland projects on a range of issues such as roadside litter, takeaway packaging, cigarette butts, food waste, recycling, and more. Please visit our website at Litter Free Dorset – Campaigning to reduce litter and improve water quality in Dorset to find out more about our current campaigns and projects.
UK
Land based
Corporate Engagement, Education
Menos plastico es fantastico
Central & South America
Education
Evidence and Innovation, Policy and Legislation
Mingas por el mar
Mingas por el Mar is an Non-Profit Organisation that has more than 25 leaders in the coastal region, highlands and archipelago of Galapagos with 350 volunteers including professionals in the area of Biology, Law, Hospitality, Environmental Engineering, Education, Art and more. Compromise to be a leading example of caring about the environment to the rest of citizens to inspire the change in a variance of aspects.
We educate the community in topics related to pollution, focusing in plastic wastage and educating about their negative effects in general health.
Create a change behaviour and thought towards the problematic issue that we are facing.
Transmite our message to the majority of population to promote good consumption habits into our community,
Foment the diminishing of one use disposable plastic wastage and transmitting a culture of reusing and reducing.
In field data monitoring to help investigation, open new research and to learn about a particular point of marine polluted area.
Social environmental development it one of our cores values, therefore we encourage and arrange coworking with all different actors from our community including our local government, businesses, education academies and citizens.
We educate the community in topics related to pollution, focusing in plastic wastage and educating about their negative effects in general health.
Create a change behaviour and thought towards the problematic issue that we are facing.
Transmite our message to the majority of population to promote good consumption habits into our community,
Foment the diminishing of one use disposable plastic wastage and transmitting a culture of reusing and reducing.
In field data monitoring to help investigation, open new research and to learn about a particular point of marine polluted area.
Social environmental development it one of our cores values, therefore we encourage and arrange coworking with all different actors from our community including our local government, businesses, education academies and citizens.
Central & South America
Land based
Sea based
Corporate Engagement
Education
Evidence and Innovation, Policy and Legislation
Plastic Punch
Created in January 2018 by a group of seven young international advocates, Plastic Punch (PP) aims at promoting a circular economy and environmental preservation, particularly marine conservation, to support sustainable development impacting future generations. PP’s objective is also to inspire behavioural change through citizen science and awareness raising towards sustainable waste management practices with an emphasis on reducing plastic pollution.
The NGO started its projects in Ghana, home to a rich flora and fauna, and more specifically marine turtles, a highly endangered species that come to its shores on an annual basis to lay their eggs. As evidenced during turtle monitoring sessions conducted by the PP team, the amount of waste on the beaches directly harms the turtles, which must nest amidst considerable amounts of plastic waste and can die by ingesting plastic floating in the water.
The NGO started its projects in Ghana, home to a rich flora and fauna, and more specifically marine turtles, a highly endangered species that come to its shores on an annual basis to lay their eggs. As evidenced during turtle monitoring sessions conducted by the PP team, the amount of waste on the beaches directly harms the turtles, which must nest amidst considerable amounts of plastic waste and can die by ingesting plastic floating in the water.
Africa & the Middle East
Land based
Sea based
Corporate Engagement
Education
Evidence and Innovation, Policy and Legislation
Sea Shepherd Australia Marine Debris Campaign
Sea Shepherd is an international, non-profit marine conservation organization that campaigns to defend, conserve and protect the world’s oceans.
Our Australia-wide Marine Debris campaign drives community change through education and beach clean-ups, empowering people to realise every piece counts.
Sea Shepherd is committed to promoting and facilitating family-friendly coastal and river clean-up activities and inspiring the community, businesses and industry to take action in support of the protection and conservation of local marine environments.
Our Australia-wide Marine Debris campaign drives community change through education and beach clean-ups, empowering people to realise every piece counts.
Sea Shepherd is committed to promoting and facilitating family-friendly coastal and river clean-up activities and inspiring the community, businesses and industry to take action in support of the protection and conservation of local marine environments.
Global
Land based
Education, Policy and Legislation
Sostenibilidad en Grande
We offer learning experiences in the field to learn about the importance of nature conservation and sustainable development.
Central & South America
+506 83789640
Land based, Education
Vivir sin plastico
Hello,
We're a Spanish non profit organization that works to reduce plastic pollution. We started en 2015 as a plastic free living blog and now we've take a step further and started to walk around Iberian peninsula coast to raise awareness about plastic pollution. During our trip we give talks and interview activists and scientists that work for the ocean conservation. We are paying spacial attention to pellets pollution as is one of the microplastics that is increasing in our beaches.
We're a Spanish non profit organization that works to reduce plastic pollution. We started en 2015 as a plastic free living blog and now we've take a step further and started to walk around Iberian peninsula coast to raise awareness about plastic pollution. During our trip we give talks and interview activists and scientists that work for the ocean conservation. We are paying spacial attention to pellets pollution as is one of the microplastics that is increasing in our beaches.
Europe
Land based
Sea based
Corporate Engagement, Education