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Role of Environmental Science in Solving the Plastic Pollution Issue -- Pitfalls and limitations in Microplastic analyses -- Analytical Methods for Plastic (Microplastic) Determination in Environmental Samples -- Biodegradable Plastics: End of Life Scenarios -- Biological and ecological impacts of plastic debris in aquatic ecosystems -- Impact of plastic pollution on marine life in the Mediterranean Sea -- Plastic in the Aquatic Environment: Interactions with Microorganisms -- Freshwater Microplastic Pollution: The State of Knowledge and Research -- From Land to Sea: Model for the documentation of land-sourced plastic litter -- Plastic waste management: current status and weaknesses -- Plastic pollution in Slovenia: from plastic waste management to research on microplastics -- Marine Litter Assessment on Some Beaches Along the Southeastern Adriatic Coastline (Albania) -- Plastic pollution in East Asia: macroplastics and microplastics in the aquatic environment, and mitigation efforts by various actors -- The Microplastics in Metro Manila Rivers: Characteristics, Sources, and Abatement -- Plastic Contamination in Brazilian Freshwater and Coastal Environments: A Source-to-Sea Transboundary Approach -- Marine litter in the Russian Gulf of Finland and South-East Baltic: Application of Different Methods of Beach Sand Sampling -- Role of Environmental Science in Tackling Plastic Pollution.

Introductory remarks on the role of stakeholders in addressing plastic pollution of the aquatic environment -- Human perceptions and behavior determine aquatic plastic pollution -- Society role in the reduction of plastic pollution -- Education against Plastic Pollution: Current Approaches and Best Practices -- Stakeholder analysis in solving the problem of accumulation of plastics in surface waters of protected areas -- The role of policy in tackling plastic waste in the aquatic environment -- Monitoring approaches for marine litter in the European Sea basins -- Plastics in the Austrian stretch of the Danube River – From environmental data to action plans at the local, national and international level -- Plastics in freshwater: a new challenge for the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR)? -- Five years since the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial Declaration -- Combating marine plastics: the role of finance and technical assistance by Development Finance Institutions -- The current state of law on plastic pollution in Mexico and a view towards the future -- The problem of microplastics and regulatory strategies in Italy -- Concluding remarks on the role of stakeholders in addressing plastic pollution of the aquatic environment.

Das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) und die Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG) organisierten eine Konferenz zu Plastik in Binnengewässern im Auftrag des Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit. (BMUB). Die Veranstaltung fand am 21. - 22. Juni 2016 in Berlin statt, mit 220 Teilnehmer_innen aus 20 europäischen und zwei nicht-europäischen Ländern. Ziel war der Austausch von Kenntnissen über Plastik in europäischen Binnengewässern und die Diskussion über dessen Folgen für die Umwelt und die Gesellschaft. Die Referent_innen und Teilnehmer_innen kamen aus den Bereichen Wissenschaft, Regulierungsbehörden, Industrie und Nicht-Regierungsorgansisationen. Vorträge und Poster zu verschiedenen Themen wie Quellen und Senken, Umweltbelange, Risikowahrnehmung und Managementoptionen wurden präsentiert. In Vorbereitung der Konferenz wurde ein Issue Paper über Plastik in europäischen Binnengewässern erstellt. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde ein informeller Fragebogen an die Wassermanagementbehörden in Europe versendet, um einen Überblick über Monitoring, Risikowahrnehmung Managementoptionen zu erhalten. Die Ergebnisse dieser Umfrage wurden in dem Issue Paper dargestellt.

In 2016 the German Environment Agency (UBA) and the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) organised a conference on plastics in freshwater environments on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). 220 attendants from 20 European and two non-European countries attended the conference. The objective was to exchange knowledge on plastics in European freshwater environments and to discuss its environmental and societal implications. In preparation of the conference an informal questionnaire was sent to water management agencies in Europe with questions on monitoring, risk awareness and management options. This publication contains the abstracts of the oral presentations.