Webinar III: 'Tackling Agricultural Plastics for a Circular Future'

The extensive use of plastics has led to significant soil pollution, altering its structure, bulk density, and water-holding capacity. Alarmingly, only a small fraction of agricultural plastics is collected and recycled—most are burned, buried, or sent to landfills.

The webinar hosted by the GEF-FARM programme explored effective strategies to address agricultural plastics, focusing on prevention, recyclability, regulation, and waste management.

Speakers

Ravinder Kumar (moderator)
Associate Professor of Monitoring and Impact, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Introduced key issues related to agricultural plastics and moderated the discussion.

Pierre de Lépinau
Agri-Plastics and Circular Economy Expert
Shared key success factors for implementing extended producer responsibility (EPR) in agriplastic waste management, drawing on 20 years of experience and international benchmarks.

Prof. Zhen Li
Associate Professor, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University
Associate Editor of Soil Use and Management
Deputy Secretary of the International Scientific Centre of Fertilizers
Spoke about the rapid identification of plastics in paddy soil using the ATR-IR method.

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