The “SOS Oceans” Project & Beach Cleaning Action / Litter Monitoring is a project to carry out environmental awareness actions aimed at students and teachers of the 1st and 2nd cycle of basic education in Lagos.

It was created by Lagos Municipality and started in the school year 2014/2015, with the following objectives:

  • To alert students to current problems related to pollution of the oceans/sea and its sources.
  • To raise awareness and sensitivity to the issue of marine litter.
  • To explain how it is possible to help preserve marine and coastal ecosystems and marine biodiversity.
  • To contribute to the adoption of environmentally correct behaviour and reduce the litter that is generated on beaches.

Among the environmental awareness actions that are carried out with the school classes there is the practical activity of beach cleaning/ litter monitoring on a beach in the municipality.

This year, during the months of May and June 2022, SOMAR was invited to participate in this project and articulate these actions with the schools of the City.

The results of these cleaning and monitoring actions of marine litter will be constantly being updated, you can check below!

Praia da Batata

  • Date

    25 May 2022

  • Class

    1st and 3rd year of Santa Maria School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Pieces of glass, plastic and cigarette butts

  • Date

    27 May 2022

  • Class

    2nd year of Santa Maria School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Butts, pieces of glass and plastic

  • Date

    20 June 2022

  • Class

    3rd year of Bairro Operário School

  • TOP 3 collected waste

    Pieces of glass, butts and paper

Praia da Luz

  • Date

    26 May 2022

  • Class

    1st and 2nd year at Luz School Centre

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Pieces of wood, butts and plastic

  • Date

    31 May 2022

  • Class

    3rd and 4th year of Centro Escolar da Luz

  • TOP 3 waste collected

  • Date

    15 June 2022

  • Class

    1st cycle of the Vale Verde International School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Cigarette butts, small pieces of plastic, pieces of paper

  • Date

    27 June 2022

  • Class

    3rd year of the São Gonçalo School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

Meia Praia

  • Date

    30 May 2022

  • Class

    4th year of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Pieces of fishing line, butts, plastic

  • Date

    14 June 2022

  • Class

    3rd and 4th year of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Pieces of plastic, fishing cables and wood

  • Date

    17 June 2022

  • Class

    3rd year of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Pieces of fishing line, butts, plastic

  • Date

    21 June 2022

  • Class

    4th year of Chinicato School

  • TOP 3 waste collected

    Very little rubbish! Microplastics and fishing cables

Porto de Mós

  • Data

    23 June 2022

  • Turma

    2nd year of Ameijeira School

  • TOP 3 lixo recolhido

    Pieces of glass, butts, plastic

  • Data

    24 June 2022

  • Turma

    3rd year of Ameijeira School

  • TOP 3 lixo recolhido

    Pieces of plastic, butts, paper

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