Projects

TOP has been conducting monthly, educational, coastal clean-ups of beaches and/or waterways across the Seychelles islands since April 2017; engaging an average of 30-50 participants from community groups, non-governmental organisations, schools, and businesses during each clean-up; and collecting as much as 200kg of debris during 1 hour, which consists predominantly of single-use plastics such as plastic bottles, cups, straws, and bags.

A campaign launched in July 2018 to further raise awareness about plastic trash in the oceans and engage consumers to change their habits and say no to plastic straws. In February 2019, the Government of Seychelles announced a ban on plastic straws in Seychelles which came into effect in June 2019. Leading up to the ban, 25 venues had joined the campaign and committed to stop serving plastic straws. 

An art installation made from plastic debris collected during the 2019 Outer Islands Cleanup Project to raise awareness about the threats of marine litter on the outer islands.

A series of public and schools screenings of international and local films to educate and raise awareness about the extent of the problem of marine debris globally and locally.

A 2-year marine litter monitoring programme from 2019 to 2021 across beach sites in the inner and outer islands of Seychelles to gather baseline data on the abundance, composition and accumulation of macro-, meso- and micro-litter. Part of a regional programme supported and led by the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association and implemented in 6 other counties in the Western Indian Ocean region.

The first large-scale beach cleanup of 14 outer islands of Seychelles led by the Islands Development Company and TOP between 18 and 31 March 2019, to conduct beach litter assessments of the abundance, composition and potential origin of marine litter stranded on these islands.