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## Eco, Veolia’s baby dolphin

Visitors will be educated about the importance of conserving natural resources and limiting pollution in Veolia’s area at the event. They will be able to admire a 6m long dolphin made from used plastic bottles by the artist Gad Weil. Younger visitors will also be able to help build a smaller artwork – Eco, the baby dolphin – also made from plastic bottles.

Two of the group’s partners will be attending the event: the [Tara Expeditions Foundation](https://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/en/m/about-tara/15-years-of-commitment/) will be staging an exhibition of plastic pollution of the oceans, while [La REcyclerie](http://www.larecyclerie.com/) will be running educational workshops aimed at children: *My little vegetable garden, Seed eggs, Waste sorting, Plastic flower garland, Plastic bag crochet, and Say no to plastic straws.*

## Veolia is combating ocean pollution

Veolia will present its solutions for combating plastic pollution of the world’s oceans at 11:00 on 5 June at a conference organised by the UN at BiodiversiTerre. These solutions address the following three issues:

- Treating pollution on the coast and upstream.
- Preventing and reducing regions’ vulnerability.
- Changing production methods and consumption patterns to reduce pollution at source.



 

 

 



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## BiodiversiTerre 2018: Place de la République is going green

Eight live ephemeral plant tableaux will enable visitors to gain a better grasp of environmental issues and “our relationship with nature.” The themes will be *Nature nourishes us*, *France – the land of milk, Recycling, the Circular Economy, Smart Cities and the energy of nature, Organic food, and Nature, a source of beauty*.

200,000 visitors are expected at this event which will take place during European Sustainable Development Week (30 May – 5 June) and will end on World Environment Day on 5 June.

 

### More : 

> [Veolia’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) and our commitment to biodiversity](https://en/veolia-group/profile/csr-performance)  
> [The cultural and artistic enterprise Place Grand Public](http://placegrandpublic.com/qui-sommes-nous/)  
> [Veolia: a BiodiversiTerre 2017 partner](/en/veolia-group/media/news/biodiversity-paris-biodiversiterre-2017)