On 16th June 2018, on the occasion of POLAR2018, the major international conference bringing together over 2000 Arctic, Antarctic and alpine researchers, policymakers and professionals from around the world, organised jointly by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) in Davos, Switzerland, the European Polar Board (EPB) held a workshop, titled “Minimising plastic use and waste in polar research and logistics”. A statement from the workshop participants is available here.
The EPB thanks all who contributed to the workshop.