PLASTECO - Curbing Plastic Waste & Littering in EU Regions PLASTECO Project

As time flies, one and a half years of our PLASTECO podcast journey are over. But we don't want to start our last episode sad and that's why we decided to talk about ONLY GOOD NEWS today. Tune in and hear more about good news on the topic of plastics. By the way, more on this (also on good news) will be available on the PLASTECO social media channels in the future.

Thank you for your support and stay sustainable!

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Sources:

· https://scitechdaily.com/plastic-eating-enzyme-could-supercharge-recycling-and-eliminate-billions-of-tons-of-landfill-waste/

· https://unea.marinelitter.no/

· https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/04/another-big-shipping-line-is-refusing-to-export-the-west-s-plastic-waste/#:~:text=As%20of%20today%20(April%2015,in%20China%20and%20Southeast%20Asia

· http://www.sci-news.com/biology/birch-tree-microplastic-10574.html

· https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/plasteco/news/news-article/13735/france-bans-plastics-for-fruit-and-vegetables/

· https://www.interreg-athu.eu/aktuelle-projekte/so22-naturschutz/

· https://www.abfallwirtschaft.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/12866308/73033083/

Contact and Links:

Via Mail: pomberger@plasteco.eu

Project Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/plasteco/

PLASTECO Social Media Channels:

https://www.facebook.com/plastecointerreg

https://twitter.com/plasteco2

https://www.linkedin.com/company/plasteco/

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The music sources used were from Zapsplat.com.

Littering should be a big issue for all of us. We must avoid littering and also make others aware of it. Why this is so important is shown by the project PlasticFreeDanube, which analyzed litter in and along the Danube. I'm happy to talk about this with my guest today, an expert who also worked on this project.

Be sure to listen in!

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Sources:

· Contact of today´s guest Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gudrun Obersteiner: https://boku.ac.at/personen/person/AC5B41AE2BDA6824

· Projectwebiste of PlasticFreeDanube: https://plasticfreeconnected.com/

Contact and Links:

Via Mail: pomberger@plasteco.eu

Project Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/plasteco/

PLASTECO Social Media Channels:

https://www.facebook.com/plastecointerreg

https://twitter.com/plasteco2

https://www.linkedin.com/company/plasteco/

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The music sources used were from Zapsplat.com.

Everyone is talking about Biopolymers. To be honest, do you know what biopolymers actually are? And which opportunities do biopolymers offer? These are the questions I asked my today´s expert. 

Tune in - it's going to be so interesting!

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Sources:

· Contact of Prof. Dr. Katharina Resch-Fauster as today´s guest: katharina.resch-fauster@unileoben.ac.at

Contact and Links:

Via Mail: pomberger@plasteco.eu

Project Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/plasteco/

PLASTECO Social Media Channels:

https://www.facebook.com/plastecointerreg

https://twitter.com/plasteco2

https://www.linkedin.com/company/plasteco/

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The music sources used were from Zapsplat.com.

Spring is knocking on the door and despite that, we think it is still not too late for a review of the year 2021! We already recorded this episode at the beginning of the year and hope that you forgive us for the delay. Together with my guests we want to reflect the past year, as well as our project work and have a look into the future.

Will you join us?

Sources:

· Contact of Dr. Ingrid Winter as today´s guest: ingrid.winter@stmk.gv.at, as well as Stephanie Lizak, MSc also as guest: stephanie.lizak@umweltcluster.net

· Website of the Cluster of Environmental Technologies Bavaria: https://www.umweltcluster.net/en/

· More about Waste and Resource Management in the Styrian region: https://www.abfallwirtschaft.steiermark.at/

Contact and Links:

Via Mail: pomberger@plasteco.eu

Project Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/plasteco/

PLASTECO Social Media Channels:

https://www.facebook.com/plastecointerreg

https://twitter.com/plasteco2

https://www.linkedin.com/company/plasteco/

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The music sources used were from Zapsplat.com.

Listen up! The last PLASTECO podcast episode for 2021 is online and today´s topic is „Initiatives in the Styrian region: This is how the Styrian region cooperates to achieve PLASTECO´s project goals”.

As promised, it will be a bit more regional. With my guest and colleague Therese Schwarz from the Office of the Regional Government of Styria, Directorate 14 – Department Waste and Resource Management, we are looking at how waste management in Styria works relating to plastics. We are focusing in particular on initiatives in Styria that could also be of interest to other regions.

What are you waiting for - tune in!

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Sources:

· Contact of Mag. Therese Schwarz, MEng. as today´s guest: therese.schwarz@stmk.gv.at

· More about Waste and Resource Management in the Styrian region: https://www.abfallwirtschaft.steiermark.at/

· More about the Styrian Spring Clean-Up: www.saubere.steiermark.at

Contact and Links:

Via Mail: pomberger@plasteco.eu

Project Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/plasteco/

PLASTECO Social Media Channels:

https://www.facebook.com/plastecointerreg

https://twitter.com/plasteco2

https://www.linkedin.com/company/plasteco/

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The music sources used were from Zapsplat.com.

In the last two podcast episodes, we have learned what the plastic pollution crisis is all about and how each of us can live in a more eco-friendly and sustainable way and, with a little effort, how we can change our daily routine. Today we're going to focus more on theory and with the help of our today’s expert the attorney at law Mag. Elisabeth Moser-Marzi we'll take a look at the most important legal acts of the EU concerning our project topic, which are intended to solve the littering problem and the plastic crisis.

This episode will be anything but boring so make sure to tune in!

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Sources:

• European Comission, “Energy, Climate change, Environment”:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/energy-climate-change-environment_en

& https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/environment.html?root_default=SUM_1_CODED%3D20&locale=en ; & “Implementing environment legislation” https://ec.europa.eu/environment/efe/news/implementing-environment-legislation-2012-05-01_en

• European Comission, “Plastic Waste: a European strategy to protect the planet, defend our citizens and empower our industries”: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_18_5

• European Comission, “Factsheets on the European strategy for plastics in a circular economy”: https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/factsheets-european-strategy-plastics-circular-economy_en

• Website Mag. Moser-Marzi as today´s guest: https://www.moser-marzi.at/en/

• European Comission, “COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy”:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1516265440535&uri=COM:2018:28:FIN

• European Comission, “COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy”: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52015DC0614

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Contact and Links: Via Mail: pomberger@plasteco.eu 

Project Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/plasteco/ 

PLASTECO Social Media Channels:

https://www.facebook.com/plastecointerreg 

https://twitter.com/plasteco

Waste and Resource Management in the Styrian region: https://www.abfallwirtschaft.steiermark.at/ 

The music sources used were from Zapsplat.com.