Reducing the plastic footprint of agriculture
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How to reduce the use of plastic in agricultural holdings through recycling and introducing alternatives?
The final report of this Focus Group has been published.
Tasks:
- Identify the main use of plastics in farming activities, and their advantages or threats for the sustainability of agricultural production.
- Review existing knowledge about the impact of plastic on the agricultural environment.
- Explore opportunities to reduce the use of plastics while maintaining the economic and environmental performance of the farm.
- Identify innovative alternatives to plastic used in agriculture.
- Develop a set of good farm practices to reduce, reuse and recycle the plastic used in agriculture.
- Identify remaining research needs from practice and propose possible directions for further research on plastic use reduction.
- Suggest priorities for innovative actions by suggesting ideas for Operational Groups to test solutions in reducing the use of plastics in agriculture.
Results:
Other information:
- Agenda 1st meeting 19-20 May 2020 - online
- Agenda 2nd meeting 27-29 October 2020 - online
- Minipaper A: The actual uses of plastics in agriculture across the EU
- Minipaper B: The agri-plastic end-of-life management
- Minipaper C: New plastics in agriculture
- Minipaper D: Agricultural management, on-site practice to reduce plastic use and the contamination in the environment
- Minipaper E: Secondary sources of plastic contamination
Focus Group members:
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Surname, first name
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Profession
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Country
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Peñalva, Carolina
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Researcher
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Spain
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James, Benoit
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Farmer
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France
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Milicic, Vesna
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Industry
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Slovenia
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Mendioroz Casallo, Ignacio
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Adviser
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Spain
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Hernández, Abelardo
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Other
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Spain
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Accinelli, Cesare
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Researcher
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Italy
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Pereira, Ruth
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Researcher
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Portugal
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Rayns, Francis
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Researcher
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United Kingdom
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Erälinna, Leena
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Researcher
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Finland
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Fonteyne, Karl
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Industry
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Belgium
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Picuno, Pietro
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Researcher
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Italy
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Carranca, Corina
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Researcher
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Portugal
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Amate Ruiz, Juan Jose
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Adviser | Spain |
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Trovati, Giovanni
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Farmer
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Italy
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Zlatar, Katja
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Farmer
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Croatia
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Ojanpera, Minna
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Representative of an NGO
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Finland
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Butlewski, Krystian
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Researcher
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Poland
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Cornelis, Geert
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Researcher
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Sweden
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Czech, Łukasz
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Farmer
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Poland
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Le Moine, Bernard
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Industry
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France
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Facilitation team
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Beriot, Nicolas
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Coordinating expert
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France
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Kübarsepp, Liisa
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Task manager
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Estonia
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Morin, Alexandre
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Backup
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France
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