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IEH GUEST Lecture | The truth about plastics recycling and international trade

08 May 2019
14:00–15:30

Venue: International Environment House I | Room 3

Organization: Geneva Environment Network

Chemicals and Pollution | Plastics

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The perspective of this lecture is from a US non-profit recycler who first pioneered curbside recycling in 1973 and continues to provide this service under contract with the City of Berkeley, USA.

Martin Bourque, visiting Geneva to attend the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, presented a GPS tracking of mixed plastics to China and SE Asia.

Agenda

Welcome
Diana RIZZOLIO, Coordinator, Geneva Environment Network

Lecture
Lecture from Martin BOURQUE, Executive Director, Ecology Center
Since 2000, Martin has led the Ecology Center, a community-based organization located in Berkeley. Under Martin’s leadership, the Ecology Center is leveraging local direct community service programs to have state and national impact. Martin has spearheaded innovative efforts such as creating a farmers’ market industry group, pioneering electronic food stamp access and incentives at farmers’ markets, and passing the nation’s first Soda Tax. By linking local grassroots grit with highly competent program implementation, and increasingly effective policy advocacy, Martin has led the Ecology Center to become a high impact engine for change.

Discussants
Ieva RUCEVSKA, Project Manager, Environmental Crime and Transboundary Waters, GRID-Arendal
João SOUSA, Senior Program Officer, Marine Plastics, IUCN

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Video

The event was live on Facebook.

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