The II International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy was successfully held in Seville from 18 to 20 May 2022 with a strong participatory character in which civil society, the productive sector, research and public administration were able to jointly propose strategies to achieve waste-free oceans.

MARLICE 2022 presented as a structural principle the union of the different sectors involved in the problem of marine litter, with the aim of generating new windows of collaboration in the public-private sphere, to try to align strategies in the search for solutions, giving special prominence to the circular economy.

This second edition was coordinated by AEBAM and was supported by UNEP/MAP, the Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC), the OSPAR Commission, the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, the Biodiversity Foundation, the Canary Islands Recycle and Ewaste Foundation, the Seville Aquarium and the 'LIBERA: united against litter' project created by SEO/BirdLife in alliance with Ecoembes, among other collaborating organisations and entities.

The event was part of the United Nations Decade of the Oceans, which held a meeting within the framework of the event. In addition, parallel meetings of the regional marine conventions to which Spain is a signatory were held on the 16th and 17th, bringing together representatives of European and North African states.

The event was attended by 240 participants from 29 countries. There were 116 speakers representing 75 different organisations with the aim of tackling the marine ecosystem pollution crisis and moving towards a litter-free ocean.

Visit MARLICE 2022 web for more information.