Presentations from Genoa 2011

26 october 2011

Session 1: Three years after its adoption, the progress made with the Waste Framework Directive

• Perspectives of the European Waste Policy, Jean-Pierre Hannequart, ACR+ President 
• Trends in the waste hierarchy in Europe, Özgür Saki, Project Manager European Environment Agency 

Session 2: Legal obligations regarding waste prevention and implementation at local level

• European status regarding waste prevention and future guidelines, Mathieu Hestin, European Consultant, BIOIS 
• EU legal status for reuse and its implementation, Antigone Dalamagas, RREUSE networkEU/Ecological Recycling Society
• Innovative waste prevention policy at regional level: the case of Catalonia Alfred Vara, Head of Prevention Dept. Catalan Waste Agency 

Session 3: Legal obligations for selective collection and recycling

• Current best practices and future targets for plastic recycling, Jan-Erik Johansson, North Region Dir. and Resource Efficiency Programme, Dir. Plastics Europe (EU) 
• Current best practices and future perspectives for glass recycling, Fabrice Rivet, FEVE, Director - Environment, Health and Safety, European glass containers federation (EU) 
• The CONAI system, waste collection and recycling:  the Italian model for achieving the EU targets, Walter Facciotto, Director General CONAI (IT),
• Recycle opportunities in a free market. Production chain’s point of view on secondary raw materials. Enzo Scalia, CEO of Interseroh Italy.
• Reaching 70 % of material recycling: the case of Flanders,  Mieke Deschoenmaker, Flanders Region, OVAM 

Session 4: Legal obligations regarding economic instruments

• The EPR schemes in France: inspiration for Europe? Nicolas Garnier, Délégué Général, AMORCE (FR),
• Landfill and incineration taxes: lessons from Spanish cases , Ignacio Puig Ventosa, Fundació ENT (ES)

27 october 2011

Session 1: Waste prevention: how to prepare, designcommunicate, implement, and monitor a waste prevention programme

Share your experience, your innovative solutions, your quantitative data or your questions concerning waste prevention policies in all their aspects.

• Philippe Micheaux Naudet, ACR+
• Contributions by ACR+ members: 
• LIPOR Greater Porto Waste Management Agency , Paula Mendes, (PT) 
• Genoa Municipality, Pinuccia Montanari, ( IT), Councillor of Genoa city council 
• Nantes Métropole, Michèle Gressus, (FR), Vice-President Communauté Urbaine and Heloise Even, Development Manager
• Area Metropolitana de Barcelona, Teresa López González, (ES), Prevention Area 

Session 2: Measuring and comparing recycling performances at local and regional level?

ACR+ European Observatory leading the way. Measure the progress of the European Observatory of Municipal Waste Recycling Performances launched at the GA last year and present your own quantitative results and good practices for an exciting benchmark.

Keynote speech: Hara Xirou, ACR+ and Olivier De Clercq, ACR+

Contributions by ACR+ members:

• AMSA Milan , (IT), Simone Orsi, Marketing and Business Development 
• ORDIF Regional Waste Management Observatory for Ile-de-France, Eric Chevaillier, (FR), President and Jean-Benoit Bel,
• Project Manager  
• Odense Renovation, Svend Byrial Poulsen, (DK), Consultant and Ole Fuglsang
• Intradel, Roger Croughs, (BE), General Director 

Session 3: How to build a Euro-Mediterranean network of local and regional authorities on waste management policies and which capacity building strategies adopt?

Contribute to the extension of the ACR+ concept towards the specific challenges and solutions of cities and regions in the Mediterranean and Neighbouring countries, bring you own experience regarding North-South partnerships and capacity building for (and by) public authorities.

Keynote speech: Jean-Jacques Dohogne, ACR+ and Jean-Pierre Hannequart, ACR+

Contributions by ACR+ members and invitees:

• Zagreb Municipality, Sandra Tucak-Zoriç, Office for Energy, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development