CWPharma Final Seminar presentations now available

The CWPharma project´s final seminar on the 18th of November 2020 attracted 131 attendees from over 15 countries to hear about active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in the Baltic Sea Region, API emission reduction measures and the recommendations that CWPharma project has for API emission reduction and further policy on the subject.

Due to the Covid-19 the seminar was arranged as online webinar.

Seminar presentations:

• CWPharma project objectives / Noora Perkola, Finnish Environment Institute (pdf) 

APIs in the Baltic Sea Region

• Environmental levels and risks/ Ieva Putna-Nimane, Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (pdf)
• Sources of APIs / Helene Ek Henning, County Administrative Board of Östergötland (pdf)
• API emissions to Baltic Sea / Lauri Äystö, Finnish Environment Institute (pdf)

API emission reduction measures

• Collection and disposal of pharmaceutical waste / Jukka Mehtonen, Finnish Environment Institute (pdf)
• Increasing awareness / Kristina Nyhlén, County Administrative Board of Östergötland (pdf)
• API removal with advanced wastewater treatment techniques / Ulf Miehe, The Berlin Centre of Competence for Water (pdf)
• Guideline for API removal / Kai Bester, Aarhus University (pdf)

Emission reduction and policy recommendations

• Evaluation of emission reduction measures / Veronika Zhiteneva, The Berlin Centre of Competence for Water (pdf)
• CWPharma policy recommendations / Preben Thisgaard, Kalundborg Utility (pdf)
• Pharmaceuticals in the Environment – work at the EU and the Swedish Medical Products Agency / Stefan Berggren, Swedish Medical Products Agency (pdf)
• Reflections on the policy recommendations / Helle Kayerød, DANVA Danish Water and Wastewater Association (pdf)
• Sum-up of the conference and take-home messages / Noora Perkola, Finnish Environment Institute (pdf)