Tid(y)Up F(ol)low the Plastic from source to the sea: Tisza-Danube integrated action plan to eliminate plastic pollution of rivers

Imagine a plastic free riverside snack bar or camp site… No plastic plates or cutleries, selective waste collection is in use, and the beach is kept clean. Imagine institutions, schools, local governments that teach, deem vital and demonstrate...

11 November 2022 -The results of the international river protection project Tid(y)Up – Follow the Plastic from Source to the Sea were presented at a two-day closing event. In the framework of this co-ordinated action plan, as a result of research...

All across the world, the production and distribution of thermoplastic polymers - commonly known as plastics - are multimillion dollar industries that provide employment and livelihood for many. Recollection and recycling of plastic on the other...

When Vásárosnamény's delegate to the 7th Tisza Roundtable stood up at the coffee break, she was shocked - literally. Environmental officer Erzsébet Széles pulled the curtain only to find out that the conference room has a view to one of the...

In May 2022, residents of the beautiful Slovakian city of Košice witnessed some strange-looking containers arriving on trucks. Once they settled safely in the Kasárne Kulturpark, the blue boxes opened up and so the story of the Floating...

There are many things that make a river cleanup worthwhile. The fun and teambuilding factor is definitely there, just like awareness raising and the joy of a cleaner riverbank. In the Tid(y)Up project however, project partners from 7...

Transcarpathia is the westernmost corner of the war-battered country of Ukraine. Protected by the high mountain peaks of the Carpathians, thousands of peple trying to escape from the horrors of war have found peace and relative safety here....

People from Sárazsadány and neighbouring communities come to see what is going to happen to their old ferry The small village of Sárazsadány lies on the right bank of the river Bodrog, near the Hungarian Slovakian border. On the other...

The 6th Regional Tisza Roundtable was held on 13rd September 2021, in Tokaj, as the final chord of the 2nd Bodrog Plastic Cup in the framework of the Interreg DTP Tid(y)Up project, organised by the Association of Environmental Enterprises (HAEE)...

Tid(y)Up partners got acquainted with the plastic pirate protocol of river cleanups in June, 2021 on the Tisza Lake in Hungary. Few weeks later, in September 2021 came the time to put things in action in Slovakia, on the upper sections of the...

After months of online discussions, time has finally come for Tid(y)Up partners to meet in person. To meet not only colleagues but the river pollution itself, face-to-face. The experience was inspiring and shocking at the same time. Field report...

All partners knew from the beginning of the project that a floating international exhibition about river pollution is going to be one of the main communication outputs in Tid(y)Up. During the online partner meeting in May, 2021 the main concept...

During the first organized international field trip of the project, Tid(y)Up experts from 4 countries set sail on the Danube to start monitoring microplastic contamination in the project area. The M.V. LUPPA sailing downstream on the...

Despite the harsh weather, large scale river cleanup interventions are taking place in multiple locations on one of Europe's most heavily polluted river, the Tisza. NGOs, municipalities and water management authorities are working together trying...

The Tid(y)Up - Save Our Rivers! INTERREG DTP project conference was held within the framework of the Danube Transnational Programme, co-financed by the EU. The topic of the online and COVID-proof conference was the conservation of our...

Európa, one of the biggest eventboats of Budapest will host Tid(y)Up's first International Partner Meeting. Hungarian speakers will attend the event in person, other project partners can join the event online after registration. If you are...

All partners of the Tid(y)Up project are welcome to join in the first creative meeting of the project, namely the international Microplastic Workshop. Due to COVID, the event is going to be online. 'The goal is to discuss the details of the...

Save the date, Save Our Rivers! The kick off meeting of the Tid(y)Up project will take place on the 5th of November. Location? Online, due to COVID19 pandemic. Apart from the international partner meeting open to project partners only,...