15 April 2021, 14:00 – 16:00 CET

 

Online event hosted by MEP Franc Bogovič

Chair of the Bioeconomy Working Group of the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’

 

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In 2018, EU governments and institutions struck a historic agreement introducing what many hailed as the world’s most ambitious set of laws and targets to boost recycling and cut waste. Two years later however, most EU countries have missed the deadline for the transposition of these laws into national legislation.

 

As a result, during this event, the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’ will join forces with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and other stakeholders in Circular Economy to take stock of progress made so far and outline what is at stake. When it comes to the circular economy, there is #NoTimeToWaste.

 

Agenda of the webinar:

14:00 – 14:10      Introduction by MEP Franc Bogovič

 

14:10 – 14:25      Keynote address by Mattia Pellegrini, Head of B3 Unit on Waste Management &
Secondary Materials, DG ENV, European Commission

 

14:25 – 14:35     Piotr Barczak, Senior Policy Officer for Waste, European Environmental Bureau,
followed by short interventions from 4 national members of the EEB

 

14:35 – 14:45     Ioannis Bakas, Waste Expert, European Environment Agency

 

14:45 – 14:55     Ana Gutiérrez Dewar, Coordinator of Institutional Relations and Political Action,
Retorna

 

14:55 – 15:05     Arthur ten Wolde, Executive Director, Ecopreneur

 

15:05 – 15:15      Johannes Weber, Chair of the Circular Economy Working Group, FoodDrinkEurope, & European Affairs Manager, Nestlé

 

15:15 – 15:25      Francesco Lembo, Managing Director, Association of Cities and Regions for
sustainable Resource management (ACR+)

 

15:25 – 15:35      Reactions by MEPs:
• Cyrus Engerer
• Stéphane Bijoux

 

15:35 – 15:55     Q&As session with the audience, moderated by Piotr Barczak

 

15:55 – 16:00    Closing remarks by MEP Franc Bogovič

 

Documents of the webinar:

Final Agenda – EU Waste Laws Implementation

Webinar Report – EU Waste Laws Implementation 

Webinar Recording – Password: MpqYd8Dw

Registration Report

EEB – Piotr Barczak – PDF Presentation

EEA – Ioannis Bakas – PDF Presentation

Retorna – Ana Gutiérrez Dewar – PDF Presentation

Ecopreneur – Arthur ten Wolde – PDF Presentation

ACR+ – Francesco Lembo – PDF Presentation