
Circular Solutions for Farm Plastics in the Baltic Sea Region
CircularFarmPlastics
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CircularFarmPlastics
PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
3 Climate-neutral societies
objective
3.1 Circular economy
Project type
Implementation
July 2026 - June 2028
CircularFarmPlastics
The project CircularFarmPlastics brings together farmers, municipalities, businesses and policymakers to improve the collection, reuse and recycling of plastics used in agriculture through farmer training, new technologies and incentives for circular business models that reduce microplastic pollution and improve circular waste management.
CircularFarmPlastics tackles the challenge of agricultural plastic waste, which is poorly managed on farms, often contaminated, costly to collect, and difficult to recycle. Farmers, waste handlers, municipalities, private collectors, and regional/national policymakers need capacity building to move from micro-plastic soil pollution and wasted resources to circular management of plastics at farms. Farmers lack knowledge, effective collection services and clear guidance for proper use, storage, and return of plastics; waste handlers struggle with contaminated, low-value materials and unprofitable logistics; policymakers lack insights into farm-level realities and harmonized standards. Barriers include limited awareness, weak co-operation among actors, poor quality of collected plastics, fragmented regulations, low profitability for collectors, and weak demand for recycled agri-plastics. The project helps overcome these barriers by providing farmer-friendly training, awareness campaigns, and online courses, transfer of enabling technologies such as compactors, mobile reception, and washing/pre-treatment systems, and exchange of transferable logistics and business models. Outcomes will benefit farmers through economic waste services and healthier soils, waste collectors through higher-quality feedstock, and retailers/producers via improved producer responsibility. Project supports harmonisation of the farm plastic management policies in the macro-region for circularity.
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Budgets
CircularFarmPlastics
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in numbers.
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0.50MillionTotal
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0.28MillionErdf
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0.08MillionNorway
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CircularFarmPlastics
in numbers.
- 61.18561896.8067653
- 54.399935924.0486251
- 62.888932127.6752958
- 62.668590725.3053876
- 58.388121126.6973100
- 58.385239224.4883947
- 50.870137920.6055073
Project partners
Lead partnerCounty Governor of Vestland
- TownLeikanger
- Region
- CountryNorway
- RegionVestland
- RepresentativeCounty Governor of Vestland
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
154,001.20
Alytus Regional Waste Management Center
- TownAlytus
- Region
- CountryLithuania
- RegionAlytaus apskritis
- RepresentativeAlytus Regional Waste Management Center
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
70,000.00
The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners North Savo
- TownKuopio
- Region
- CountryFinland
- RegionPohjois-Savo
- RepresentativeThe Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners North Savo
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
42,000.00
Jamk University of Applied Sciences
- TownTarvaala, Finland
- Region
- CountryFinland
- RegionKeski-Suomi
- RepresentativeJamk University of Applied Sciences
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
70,000.00
Estonian University of Life Sciences
- TownTartu
- Region
- CountryEstonia
- RegionLõuna-Eesti
- RepresentativeEstonian University of Life Sciences
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
46,999.40
Pärnu County Development Center
- TownPärnu
- Region
- CountryEstonia
- RegionLääne-Eesti
- RepresentativePärnu County Development Center
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
46,999.40
Foundation of Education and Social Dialogue "PRO CIVIS"
- TownKielce
- Region
- CountryPoland
- RegionKielecki
- RepresentativeFoundation of Education and Social Dialogue "PRO CIVIS"
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
70,000.00
Contacts
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Project managerBastian Edi HoffmannCounty Governor of Vestland
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Financial managerDirk KohlmannCounty Governor of Vestland
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Communication managerDamian KuznowiczFoundation of Education and Social Dialogue "PRO CIVIS"
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