Separate Waste Collection in the Context of a Circular Economy in Europe, 29 January 2016
Posted on Monday 30 November 2015
SEPARATE WASTE COLLECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN EUROPE
Interpretation: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Estonian, Slovenian, Danish
Registrations: http://bit.ly/1PMbSkN
Moderator: Katrina Sichel
| 8:30 | Welcome coffee and registrations |
| Part I: | POLICY: SEPARATE WASTE COLLECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY |
| 9:00 | Welcome and introduction by Kestutis Sadauskas, Director Green Economy Directorate, DG ENV, European Commission |
| 9:05 | Welcome by Weine Wiqvist, President Municipal Waste Europe, and Anna Lisa Boni, EUROCITIES Secretary General |
Keynote Addresses
| 9:20 | Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for the Environment and Fisheries |
| 9:30 | Domenico Gambacorta, Committee of the Regions, President of the Province of Avellino |
| 9:40 | Coffee break |
| Part II: | PRACTICE: SEPARATE COLLECTION Moderator: Patrick Hasenkamp, City of Munster, Germany, Vice-President Municipal Waste Europe |
| 10:10 | Nicole Seyring, BiPRO, Márton Herczeg, Copenhagen Resource Institute: Presentation of the main aims and results of the Commission Study on separate collection in capital cities |
| 10:35 | Three examples of separate collection in small to medium towns from the benchmarking of Municipal Waste Europe a. Haderslev, Denmark, Laila Skov b. Zwolle, the Netherlands, Natascha Spanbroek c. Rimini, Italy, Tiziano Mazzoni Q&A |
| 11:25 | Three examples of separate collection in large cities from EUROCITIES members a. Milan, Italy, Danilo Vismara b. Manchester, United Kingdom, John Bland c. Gothenburg, Sweden, Henrik Kant Q&A |
| 12:15 | Panel session: best practice examples from three capital cities a. Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janko Kramžar b. Tallinn, Estonia, Relo Ligi c. Helsinki, Finland, Petri Kouvo Q&A |
| 13:00 | Lunch break and networking |
| Part III | IMPLEMENTATION: DEBATE |
| 14:30 | Paolo Canfora, Joint Research Centre: BAT for Waste Management, EMAS best practices for the waste management sector |
| 14:50 | DISCUSSION PANEL 1: How to strengthen local governance for separate collection, recycling and material recovery? Jacob Simonsen, MWE - Günther Langer, EUROCITIES - Helmut Maurer, DG ENV - Françoise Bonnet, ACR+ - Emmanuel Katrakis, EURIC, Piotr Barczak, EEB - Henrik Lystad, ECN |
| 15:50 | DISCUSSION PANEL 2: How can producer responsibility and separate collection support quality recycling and maximising material recovery? Nicolas Garnier, MWE - Håkon Jentoft, EUROCITIES - Márton Herczeg, Copenhagen Resource Institute - Joachim Quoden, EXPRA - Michal Len, RREUSE - Antonis Mavropoulos, ISWA - Virginia Janssens, EUROPEN |
| 16:50 | Closing statement: Julio García Burgués, Head of Unit Waste Management & Recycling, DG ENV, European Commission |
| 17:00 | End of conference |
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