It is increasingly common knowledge now that our overconsumption and overproduction of resources is simply not compatible with a safe and healthy ;Yet the availability of solutions and the knowledge on how to implement them remain far below the level needed to begin to tackle this challenge, particularly in regions that face embedded difficulties due to the economy or cultural traditions, such as coastal areas that receive high levels of tourism.

In this event, we will be looking at some of Europe’s best practice initiatives on waste prevention, implemented by coastal municipalities and regions. The event will bring together local actors who have been behind these best practices with representatives from Brussels, to better understand how local actions can inform key upcoming legislative decisions on plastic waste.

The conference is particularly timely, given the upcoming discussions around 2 key pieces of legislation that will impact plastic waste generation, the major source of marine-based pollution – the EU Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the second round of negotiations for the UN’s global plastics treaty.

The conference is hosted by Zero Waste Europe and Break Free From Plastic on behalf of the Interreg Europe funded CAPonLITTER project, which aims to convene coastal stakeholders in 7 regions (found in Bulgaria, Croatia, France,  Germany, Greece, Portugal and Spain).