Prevention

Most of the Baltic Smart Water Hub is dedicated to the management and treatment of pollution coming to the Baltic Sea. But the most effective way of saving our sea is to prevent the pollution from happening in the first place. This is a space for one of the most urgent challenges in the BSR: the pollution from hazardous substances, as the page looks into the lifecycle of chemicals with key interventions.

Key interventions

• Ecosystem knowledge and governance

• Substitution with safe and sustainable alternatives

• Communication in the supply chain

• Public procurement of tox-free products

• Mapping and measuring chemicals' presence affecting environment and health

THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT