On 14 May 2017, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE), with the support of the NGO Surfrider Foundation Europe, organised a major beach clean-up by EU officials on the Belgian coast to raise awareness around the problem of marine litter. This topic will be high on the agenda at the international conference #OurOcean, to be hosted by the EU in Malta in October 2017. This video shows the participants cleaning the beach