Closing Loops – Recipe for a Truly Circular Economy
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- Ms. Sarah NELEN, Head of Unit, Waste Management and Secondary Materials, DG Environment, European Commission
- Mr. Kilian ILIEV, First Secretary, Head of Section “Environment” Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the EU (TBC)
- What it takes to close circular loops
- Completion of the negotiations on the revision of the waste legislation
- Implementation of the circular economy package and launch of the ‘Plastics Strategy’
- Mr. Gwenole COZIGOU, Director, Industrial Transformation and Advanced Value Chains, DG GROW, European Commission
- Mr. Ward MOSMULLER, Director EU Affairs, DSM
- Speaker from SUEZ confirmed
- Framing eco-design for recycling
- Dealing with “unrecyclable” products
- Thinking recycling at design stage: the example of fully recyclable carpets & mattresses
- Mr. Enrique GARCIA-JOHN, Policy Officer - Chemicals, DG GROW, European Commission
- Mr. Keith FREEGARD, Director, Axion Polymers
- Ms. Anna-Maria KACZMAREK, Manager Chemicals Policy, EUROFER or
- Mr. Hans REGTUIT, Stainless Steel and Environment Manager, Team Stainless, EUROFER (TBC)
- Getting the right interface between waste, product & chemical legislation
- Acute issues for metals and plastics recyclers
- Ms. Artemis HATZI-HULL, Policy Officer, Waste Management and Secondary Materials, DG Environment, European Commission (TBC)
- Mr. Thomas PAPAGEORGIOU, Chair of the European Shredder Group, Compliance Director at ANAMET Recycling, SEPAN
- Supporting the enforcement of the ELV Directive
- Latest challenges for ELV recyclers
- Mr. Francisco PEREZ CANADO, Head of Unit, Market Access, Industry, Energy and Raw Materials, DG Trade, European Commission (TBC)
- Mr. Hans van de NES, President of ERPA Branch, Director for Business Development of Paper & Plastics Recycling at Sortiva
- How the EU addresses trade barriers
- Chinese ban on certain waste imports: first lessons drawn for recovered paper
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