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Save the date – 2021 Plastic Health Summit
The Plastic Soup Foundation is thrilled to announce the second-ever Plastic Health Summit, to be held on October 21, 2021 in Amsterdam. This year, our theme is One Health, because environmental health and human health are inextricably linked.
Ticket sales have started! This year, there is the option to join in-person or online. Get your tickets here (early bird options available till July 22).
To find out more, visit the Summit website. To watch the keynote speakers from the first-ever Summit held in 2019, click here.
More info, including speaker list, coming soon!
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