UBC TALKS webinar: Plastic plans for sustainable future

Project: BALTIPLAST
Virtual event

Description

The UBC TALKS webinar on 28 November will focus on one of the most pressing challenges the cities are facing – the plastic pollution. We will discuss how forerunning BSR cities address sustainable plastic management in their strategies and action plans.

Life in plastic could be fantastic in fiction – but how to build fantastic plastic-less cities in reality? And how to incorporate sustainable plastic management into the cities’ strategies and action plans? We will discover different approaches to it during the UBC TALKS webinar on 28 November.

 

Agenda

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    Time
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    09:30 - 11:00 (CET)
    Welcome to the webinar 09:35 - 09:50 Introduction to the topic and BALTIPLAST project aims Andrea Dobri, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences 09:50 - 10:05 Västerås’ strategy for the sustainable use of plastics Olof Bergold, Västerås municipality 10:05 - 10:20 Plastic pollution – curing the disease or the symptom? Rasmus Boman, City of Helsinki 10:20 - 10:35 Public events and reusable dishes in Tallinn Liina Kanarbik, City of Tallinn 10:35 - 10:50 Discussion: how to design a strategy and get the decision-makers on board 10:50 - 11:00 Takeaway messages and closing words  

Events

Upcoming events

20
May
Symposium on Innovation in the Circularity of Plastic Materials
Project: BALTIPLAST
Physical Meeting
20. May 2025
21-23
May
5th General Assembly
Project: BALTIPLAST
Physical Meeting
21. - 23. May 2025

    Past events

    09-13
    December
    Sustainable Christmas Days
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    09. - 13. December 2024
    10
    December
    Celebrating our Commitment - A Year of Reducing Plastic
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    10. December 2024
    17:00 - 21:00 (BST)
    28
    November
    Sustainable Synergy: Businesses & Events Joining Forces Against Plastics
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    28. November 2024
    08:30 - 14:00 (EET)