Nordic program to reduce the environmental impact of plastics. 18 October 2017

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1 Nordic program to reduce the environmental impact of plastics 18 October 2017

2 Nordic Council of Ministers State of the World 2014 Launch and Seminar Governance: Adapting Humanity to an Ailing Planet 2

3 Plastic in focus in the Nordic countries examples Norway: Miljødirektoratet: Program on reduction of marine littering 60 million for projects that reduce marine littering. Budget for 2018 not yet approved. Current investigation on mandatory sorting (at source) of plastic waste from households and service business. This will come as a regulation by summer of 2018 Sweden: Proposed 78 million in 2018 procurement group for reduced environmental impact from artificial turf pitches Reported EPA commission on micro plastics: objectives and cooperation/swedish environmentalwork/government commissions/reported 2017/Microplastics/ Ongoing governmental investigation: stenmarck utreder plastens miljoeffekter/ Finland: 8 projects on marine littering, focus on sources and effects on marine life New policy brief on microplastics published this spring, New smaller project finalized where SYKE analyzed 3D printing's ability to reduce the environmental impact of production. Denmark: Plans a national work plan against the environmental impacts of plastics financing to projects on better design of plastic packaging 3

4 The Nordic Ministers for the Environment May 2017: Our shared vision for the future is one in which plastic is produced, used and recycled without affecting the climate or causing risks to human health or the environment, and plastic litter and microplastics are prevented from entering the marine environment, lakes and rivers. ) Nordic programme to reduce the environmental impact of plastic compelmenting national and previous Nordic work 4

5 Six strategic areas in the Nordic programme to reduce the environmental impact of plastic ) Prevention of plastic waste and support for design that promotes greater reuse, longer lifetime and recycling 2) Effective waste management systems and increased recycling of plastic waste 3) Co operation on measures to stop plastic waste in the seas and find cost effective clean up solutions 4) Advancing knowledge of microplastics and identifying measures to cut emissions of microplastics to the environment 5) Advancing knowledge of the environmental impacts of bio based alternatives to plastic and biodegradable plastics 6) Advancing knowledge of problematic substances in recycling of plastic 5

6 Examples of Nordic projects with direct relevance for microplastics Knowledge oftheoccurrenceand fate of microplastics in the environment.micro, meso og macroplastic in the commercially important marine species in the Nordic waters Knowledge on microplastics effects on the marine biota, aquatic environment, human health and marine industries Microplastic in the demersal fish and animals between coast and sea areas in the Nordic Region, inclusive the effects on the blue bioeconomy (chairmanship project / Norway) Development of globally harmonised definitions, terminology and methods for measuring and monitoring the impact of, and trends in, plastic litter and microplastics Optimization and harmonization of microspectroscopic methods of identification of microplastic in marine samples Projects on cutting emissions from land based sources of microplastics on the way! 6

7 Sources of microplastics to the Nordic marine and aquatic environments Car tyres Artificial turf pitches Industrial production and management of primary plastic Washing of synthetics Painting (boats, roads) Littering Plastic pellets ) waste water treatment plants, storm waters, urban runoff, industrial waste water are essential 7

8 Thanks. Satu Reijonen 8