Transboundary solutions to a common challenge of pharmaceutical, microplastics and mercury pollution within Western Bug & Neman river basins Expert Workshop, Lviv, Ukraine, 14 October 2019 Venue: to be confirmed
Monday, 14.10.2019 09:00-09:30 Registration and coffee 09:30-09:40 Opening and introduction, Petro Hrystyshyn, WorldLab, Eugeniy Lobanov, CCB 09:40-11:00 Session I: Solutions to pharmaceutical pollution in the Baltic Sea Region River contamination by pharmaceuticals in Poland, XXX, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland (TBC) Results of the Pilot project to collect pharmaceutical waste in a healthcare institution Eugeniy Lobanov, Center for Environmental Solutions, Minsk Rivers without pharmaceuticals / Richki Bez Likiv Project Marjana Klymtsiv, Majsternya Mrij, Sokal, Lviv Region, Ukraine Nature Free of Pharmaceutical Wastes, Public campaign in Belarus Eugeniy & Victoria Kalach, Nerush, Baranovichi 11:00-12:15 Session II: Common problems – shared solutions for plastic pollution Plastic Free Ocean: ways to minimise plastic inputs to the environment Eugeniy Lobanov, Center for Environmental Solutions, Minsk Plastic Free Bug: updates from the project progress in Ukraine Petro Hrystyshyn, WorldLab Baltic Clean Games Cup – innovative tools to fight litter within the BSR Sofia Romaniv, Majsternya Mrij, Sokal, Lviv Region, Ukraine Reduction of plastic use in coastal municipalities in Latvia Aija Caune/Elita Kalnina, Green Belt of Latvia /Environmental Protection Club of Latvia 12:15-13:30 Lunch 13:30-14:30 Session III: Well-forgotten, but not eliminated problem: mercury pollution Mercury pollution in the Baltic Sea catchment: inputs and sources Mikhail Durkin, CCB Implementation of Minamata Convention on Mercury in Ukraine XXX, XXX, Ukraine (TBC) 14:30-15:00 Discussion 15:00-15:30 Wrapping-up and conclusions