EU Green Week 2019
Environmental laws have a huge impact on our life. They improve water and air quality, they protect nature, and they encourage recycling and waste management. But to really make an appreciable difference, these EU laws have to be properly implemented.
The last edition of EU Green Week (13-17 May 2019) was quite exceptional, both in terms of participation, with more than 200 partner events in 33 countries attracting over 200 000 participants, while many more were engaged online. EU Green Week 2019 includeed events across Europe, with the official opening event on 13 May in one of the Member States and a high-level summit in Brussels from 15 to 17 May. The opening event had a particular prominence, setting the tone for the Week's debates. The closing of Green Week took place at the end of the Brussels Conference and showcased the political conclusions from the Week. If you missed the sessions, the full conclusions are available on the website as well as the recording of the main sessions and links to photos from the event (parts 1 & 2). An the evaluation survey of the evnt is also on the website.
This year’s edition of the EU Green Week included partner events organised by ACR+ members.
On 13 May 2019, ACR+ member BCNEcologia organised a Pay-as-you-throw workshop, which was hosted by ACR+. Economic incentives play a key role in the sound implementation of the revised EU Waste Framework Directive. Experts from Waste4Think discussed about the system’s issues and how it applies to different stakeholder groups.
On 16 May 2019, ACR+ member Navarra held a workshop on Good practices in waste prevention at the Delegation of Navarra in Brussels. The Parliament of Navarra adopted a law on waste and its taxation in June 2018 with the aim of developing prevention measures to produce less waste, to implement high-quality separate waste collection and to establish a new taxation system that penalises landfilling and creates a waste fund. During the workshop, organisers will introduce the new legal framework, together with good practices in waste prevention. The event finished with an ACR+ wrap-up of good practices that could be exported to other regions.
In addition to supporting partner events, ACR+ was involved in three of the events organised within the framework of the EU Green Week in Brussels. On 15 May 2019, the awards ceremony of the 2018 edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) served as a preamble to the event. On the same day, but in the afternoon, the ACR+ team hosted a session on mitigating the environmental impact of sporting events as part of the LIFE TACKLE project. The following day, ACR+ gave a presentation on the Urban Partnership for the Circular Economy (UAPCE) and its ambitious action plan to help cities deliver a genuine circular economy. You can learn more about the EU Green Week and see its agenda on its website.
13 May |
Workshop PAYT - Pay As You Throw, in Brussels, by BCNEcologia |
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14 May | Talk Circular waste management: implementation through innovation, in Brussels, by Citeo | |
15 May |
10:15 - 12:50: EWWR Awards Ceremony, in Brussels |
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10:00 - 13:00: Workshop Roadmap circular urban resource management plan for cities, in Brussels, by The Hague | ||
16 May |
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10:00 - 12:00: workshop Good practices and lessons learnt on waste prevention, in Brussels, by Navarra, with Lipor and Bruxelles Environnement |
11:30 - 13:00: Cities delivering a better environment through the EU Urban Agenda, in Brussels, with The Hague | ||
Circular Change 4th Conference 2019, in Maribor, by member Wcycle Maribor and partner Circular Change | ||
17 May
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