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: Bank Hotel, 8 Lystopadovoho Chynu, Lviv

Monday, 14.10.2019 08:00-08:20 Registration and coffee 08:20-08:30 Opening and introduction, Petro Hrystyshyn, WorldLab, Eugeniy Lobanov, CCB 08:30-09:30 Session I: Solutions to pharmaceutical pollution in the Baltic Sea Region 1. Results of the Pilot project to collect pharmaceutical waste in a healthcare institution Eugeniy Lobanov, Center for Environmental Solutions, Minsk 2. Rivers without pharmaceuticals / Richki Bez Likiv Project 15+5 min Marjana Klymtsiv, Majsternya Mrij, Sokal, Lviv Region, Ukraine 3. Nature Free of Pharmaceutical Wastes, Public campaign in Belarus Eugeniy & Victoria Kalach, Nerush, Baranovichi 09:30-10:45 Session II: Common problems – shared solutions for plastic pollution 4. Plastic Free Ocean: ways to minimise plastic inputs to the environment Eugeniy Lobanov, Center for Environmental Solutions, Minsk 5. Plastic Free Bug: updates from the project progress in Ukraine Petro Hrystyshyn, WorldLab 6. Reduction of plastic use in coastal municipalities in Latvia 15+5 min Aija Caune/Elita Kalnina, Green Belt of Latvia /Environmental Protection Club of Latvia 7. BalticClean Games Cup – innovative tools to fight litter within the BSR Sofia Romaniv, Majsternya Mrij, Sokal, Lviv Region, Ukraine 8. Raising awareness about microplastics problem in Poland Agniezka Fiszka Borzyszkowska, Polish Ecological Club, Eastern Pomeranian Branch, Gdansk 10:45-11:00 Coffee-break 11:00-11:40 Session III: Well-forgotten, but not eliminated problem: mercury pollution 9. Mercury pollution in the Baltic Sea catchment: inputs and sources Mikhail Durkin, CCB 15+5 min 10. Implementation of Minamata Convention on Mercury in Ukraine Zero Waste Alliance, Ukraine 11:40-12:15 Discussion 12:15-12:30 Wrapping-up and conclusions 12:30-13:30 Lunch and departures