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.

However, two years, most EU countries have missed the deadline for the transposition of these laws into national legislation.

Whatever happened to Europe’s circular economy ambition?

For this reason, we join forces with the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’ and other stakeholders to take stock of progress made so far and outline what is at stake. The event is hosted by MEP Franc Bogovič, Chair of the Bioeconomy Working Group of the European Parliament.

Join the event and help us remind policymakers that there is #NoTimeToWaste.

Please register here

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