Committed to continue investing in projects aimed at improving the quality of the waters that surround the island so that they can continue to support healthy marine ecosystems, particularly in the airport’s neighbouring villages, the Foundation partnered up with environmental NGO Żibel in 2018, to support the procurement of two sea bins in Marsascala and Marsaxlokk. The approval of these two sea bins, in fact, marked the rollout of the Seabin Project in the southern region of the Maltese islands. The first of the two Seabins was installed in Marsascala in February 2020, while the second Seabin was installed in Marsaxlokk in August 2020. These two Seabins can filter around 432 million litres of water between them over the course of a year.

Designed to be inconspicuous yet effective, Seabins are particularly efficient in gathering waste that is otherwise difficult to collect due to its size, such as microplastics, as well as skimming the sea surface for floating oils and other pollutants.

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The Malta Airport Foundation sponsors Two Seabins in Marsaxlokk and Marsascala