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
    Item
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    09:30 - 11:00
    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

22
May
Challenges and opportunities of plastic waste management in the Baltic Sea Region and innovative materials
Project: BALTIPLAST
Physical Meeting
22. May 2024
10:00 - 12:15 (EEST)
22-23
May
3rd General Assembly Meeting
Project: BALTIPLAST
Physical Meeting
22. - 23. May 2024

    Past events

    08-13
    April
    Climate Week Bergedorf
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    08. - 13. April 2024
    10
    April
    Solving the plastic challenge in Västerås
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    10. April 2024
    18:00 - 20:00 (CEST)
    15
    March
    Infoseminar on plastic waste
    Project: BALTIPLAST
    Physical Meeting
    15. March 2024