BALTIPLAST training webinar: soft solutions
Welcome to the open webinar introducing practical, “soft” solutions to reduce plastic use in public offices, schools, businesses, and at green events! This webinar is part of the BALTIPLAST training series on plastic waste reduction for local authorities in the Baltic Sea Region.
Soft Solutions to Cut Plastic Use in Offices and Schools 🌿
Date: 10 June 2025
Time: 13.00 – 15.00 CEST (14.00 – 16.00 EEST)
Registration
Join us to explore:
- Inventory Tool designed to identify and reduce single-use plastics
- Best practices from pioneering cities across the Baltic Sea region: Helsinki, Daugavpils, Västerås, Valmiera
- Tools like the Plastic Waste Management Platform, enabling municipalities to act effectively
- Measured environmental impacts, including CO₂ reduction insights
- Opportunities for discussion and peer exchange
This event is especially relevant for representatives of local public authorities from different departments, as well as schools and businesses.
Agenda: BALTIPLAST training webinar on soft solutions
Welcome to the BALTIPLAST training webinar. Introducing BALTIPLAST project
Katri Lehtinen, City of Turku
Andrea Dobri, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Introducing the Plastic Waste Management Platform equipping cities with measures to reduce plastic on both strategic and practical level
Andrea Dobri, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Katri Lehtinen, City of Turku
Inventory tool to reduce single-use plastic and plastic packaging
Johanna Gäbken, KuBuS
Best practices and lessons learned
- Helsinki, Kati Kauppi (municipal activities)
- Daugavpils, Jolanta Reca (involving businesses)
- Västerås, Eva Kruse (involving schools)
- Valmiera, Liga Biezina (green event)
Impact of the simple plastic reduction measures on the environment, citizens and the city, study in CO2 reduction
Viktoria Voronova, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Interactive exchange
The participants will have an opportunity for peer-to-peer discussions and support, discuss the topic more in-depth or establish new cooperations.