Cutting Plastic Waste, Building Circular Communities
The BALTIPLAST project is transforming how cities across the Baltic Sea region approach single-use plastics (SUPs) through the municipality-level strategic and legal frameworks developed in the project, which set clear targets, practical actions, and pathways towards...
Tox-Free, Circular, and Climate-Friendly: How Europe Can Transform Its Buildings
People spend most of their lives indoors, yet indoor dust analyses from Baltic cities show that construction materials release hazardous substances such as PFAS, plasticisers, and chlorinated paraffins into indoor air and the environment. Stormwater also washes...
Building a Tox-Free, Circular, and Climate-Friendly Future: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Construction
Policy brief highlights how tox-free, circular, and climate-friendly construction can be achieved through stronger EU-level action. Key recommendations include full chemical transparency, an EU-wide product database, and mandatory digital logbooks to track materials...