Gábor Feigl gave a presentation entitled "Plastic legacy of a pandemic: the lingering impacts of personal protective equipment waste on agroecosystems" at the conference held between 08-09 April 2025 in the framework of the 2024-1.2.3-HU-RIZONT-2024-00010 project.
AGRIFOODPLAST is an independent research initiative uniting global experts, businesses, and decision-makers working at the crossroads of plastics and food. Plastic plays a vital role in food systems, but its use in agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries can result in pollution and potential risks for biota and humans. Circularity in the use of food waste and biowaste in agriculture, can also up-concentrate microplastics and their chemical additives in agroecosystems and food. Plastic became also central for food storage and packaging, while the safety of this practice is still ongoing scientific screening.
AGRIFOODPLAST welcomes world experts, decision makers, farmers and businesses to present and debate on these challenges.
Péter Maróti PhD student also participated in the conference.
