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Date & Time28. November 2023
09:30 - 11:00 (CET) -
OrganiserAn event organized by Union of the Baltic Cities - Sustainable Cities Commission
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Venue
- 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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- 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
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06. September 2025
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| September |
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Physical Meeting
18. September 2025
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1
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00:00:00
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| September | ||
Workshop: “Young Researchers for a Plastic Free Baltic Sea Region”
Project: BALTIPLAST
Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
21. - 24. September 2025
21 - 24 Sep 2025
Workshop: “Young Researchers for a Plastic Free Baltic Sea Region”
1
2025-09-21
2025-09-24
00:00:00
23:59:59
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Past events
| 28 |
| August |
Baltic Sea Day
Project: BALTIPLAST
Physical Meeting
28. August 2025
17:30 - 19:30 (EEST)
17:30 - 19:30 (EEST)
28 Aug 2025
Baltic Sea Day
0
2025-08-28
2025-08-28
17:30:00
19:30:59
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