THE CITY of Helsinki has been left scrambling by a government proposal to prohibit the dumping of snow into the Baltic Sea, reports Helsingin Sanomat.
The Finnish government submitted a bill for the prohibition to parliament last week, proposing that the prohibition enter into effect three years after the passing of the bill in March 2025. The practice is to be prohibited because it introduces gravel and waste into the sea, with microplastics a particular concern.