• Third International Symposium on Plastic Pollution: the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans #AtlanticArcticPlastics2026

    Third International Symposium on Plastic Pollution: the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans #AtlanticArcticPlastics2026

Plastics in the Arctic

Plastics in the Arctic

Learn more about plastics in the Arctic.

Arctic Plastics 2021

Arctic Plastics 2021

Read about the first Symposium from 2021

Arctic Plastics 2023

Arctic Plastics 2023

Read about the second Symposium from 2023

Arctic Plastics 2026

Arctic Plastics 2026

Read about the third Symposium in 2026

Symposium Hosts

Ministy for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Main Partners

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic

Symposium Partners

ICES
OSPAR Commission
GRID Arendal
UArctic
UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Polar Institute, Wilson Centre
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group of the Arctic Council

With financial support from the Nordic Council of Ministers

NCM