CCB Work Programme - Coalition Clean Baltic

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Coalition Clean Baltic: working towards implementation of Baltic Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Mikhail Durkin Östra Ågatan 53, SE-753 22 Uppsala, Sweden +46-18-71 11 70 [email protected]

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Network of grass-root environmental NGOs •

CCB: was established in 1990



CCB: a network of grass-root environmental NGOs



CCB: cooperation of Environmental Citizens Organisations (ECO)



CCB: 19 member organizations and through them – over 800 000 individual members



CCB: works in the entire Baltic Sea catchment area, through organisations in Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine



CCB: lobby at EU and HELCOM level, coordinated actions and field work, awareness raising and capacity building

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Network covering the whole catchment Russia Friends of the Baltic, St. Petersburg Green World, St. Petersburg GUIDE Environmental Group, Kaliningrad

Estonia Estonian Green Movement

Finland Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Finnish Society for Nature and Environment

Lithuania Lithuanian Fund for Nature Lithuanian Green Movement

Sweden Swedish Society for Nature Conservation WWF-Sweden Denmark Danish Society for Nature Conservation

Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland / Friends of the Earth Germany

Latvia Environmental Protection Club of Latvia, VAK Latvian Green Movement

Poland Green Federation, GAJA, Szczecin Polish Ecological Club, PKE Belarus Ecohome IPO Ecoproject Ukraine The Western Centre of the Ukrainian Branch of the World Laboratory, Lviv, Ukraine co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

CCB Working Areas

Water Protection in Agriculture

River Basin and Wastewater Management

Hazardous Substances and Marine Litter

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Sustainable Development in Coastal and Marine Areas

Harmful Installations and Maritime Transport

CCB’s targets on Marine Litter • Ban microplastics from consumer care products by law • Set up EU marine litter reduction target of 50% by 2025 • Fully implement HELCOM Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter, applying innovative and radical reduction strategies • Facilitate and support BSR NGOs in awareness raising and knowledge exchange on marine litter in the Baltic Sea

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Two priority directions:

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Gradual phasing-out microbeads from PCCPs – awareness & industry

Riverine inputs of litter: macro- (cleanups) and micro- (inputs)

HELCOM Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (2015) • Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (HELCOM Recommendation 36/1) • to achieve a significant reduction of marine litter by 2025 • Annex to the Action Plan: List of actions 1. Types of actions i. Land-based sources ii. Sea-based sources iii. Education and outreach 2. Regional actions – Joint HELCOM Actions 3. Voluntary national actions • Appendices I. Reporting on implementation of actions II. Reporting on the effectiveness of actions III. Definition of terms

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

CCB’s inputs to HELCOM RAP ML RAP ML

CCB Work Programme

• Overview of products contributing to microplastic pollution • Exchange of experiences on beach clean-up • Raising awareness on ML • • • •

Dialogue with industry re. ecodesign (microbeads, packaging) Promote additional techniques at WWTPs Improvement of stormwater management Seek cooperation with River Basin Commissions re. inputs of litter

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Compilation of information on personal care products containing microbeads Promotion of public monitoring tools – MLW National awareness raising and media outreach • • • • •

Addressing producers of personal care products and other sources Evaluation of effectiveness of wetlands in trapping micropollutants Developing and testing public monitoring methods to evaluate riverine inputs of litter, including microplastics Continue training and promotion of public monitoring tools Continue awareness raising campaign

Examples of CCB’s ML work in 2015

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Draft CCB’s Strategic Plan 2016-2017 Work downstream (Sea and Coast) • Indirect • public engagement in MSFD implementation (review of PoMs and MSFD supporting docs) • Direct • continuation of marine litter monitoring using MLW and promotion of mobile apps

SEA

Work Upstream (on Land) • Stormwater management • Wetlands as traps microparticles and other micropollutants • Riverine inputs of litter • Methodology and public monitoring tools • Source reduction • Engagement of industry

LAND

co-funded by EU LIFE Programme

Thank you for your attention! and welcome to join CCB’s stand at: Östra Ågatan 53, SE753 22 Uppsala, Sweden +46 73-977 07 93; [email protected] www.ccb.se co-funded by EU LIFE Programme