A Croatian member of the European Parliament, Karlo Ressler, has sent a letter to the European Commission about plastic waste in the Adriatic Sea coming from Albania, the Office of this MEP reported on Thursday.

More that 90% of plastic waste and other types of waste come to Croatia’s coast from the south, notably from Albania, this HDZ/EPP representative says.

Over 229,000 tonnes of plastics end up in the Mediterranean annually, and the sea currents and relatively shallow sea make Croatia exposed to plastic waste from the Mediterranean. More than a decade ago, Albania’s government announced an investigation into plastic pollution coming from Albania to Croatia, however, there have been no results, said the MEP.

In his capacity as a member of the delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, Ressler asked the EC to find ways to intervene through European programmes of environmental protection and Albania’s accession negotiations to address this matter.