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

02
June
Regional Collaboration on Sustainability, Circular Economy, and Climate Change in Northern Germany
Project: BALTIPLAST
Virtual Meeting
02. June 2025
03
June
BALTIPLAST training webinar: strategic solutions
Project: BALTIPLAST
Virtual Meeting
03. June 2025
13:00 - 15:00 (CEST)
04-06
June
Young minds for a sustainable future with BALTIPLAST
Project: BALTIPLAST
Physical Meeting
04. - 06. June 2025

    Past events

    24
    May
    Ice cream festival in Rūjiena
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    24. May 2025
    21-23
    May
    5th General Assembly
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    21. - 23. May 2025
    20
    May
    Symposium on Innovation in the Circularity of Plastic Materials
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    20. May 2025