Programme

European Economic and Social Committee | Room JDE 63 | Rue Belliard 99, Brussels | 9.30 am to 1.00 pm

9.30 – 9.35 | Welcome of participants

  • Mário Soares, EESC Member, Chair of the EESC study group dedicated to the Waste-to-Energy communication

9.35 – 9.45 | Introductory remarks

  • Cillian Lohan, EESC Member, Rapporteur of the EESC on the Waste-to-Energy communication

9.45 – 11.00 | Waste-to-Energy and the circular economy: allies or enemies?

Moderator: Cillian Lohan, EESC Member, Rapporteur of the EESC on the Waste-to-Energy communication

  • Ella Stengler, Managing Director, Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP)
  • Emmanuel Katrakis, Secretary-General, European Confederation of Recycling Industries (EuRIC)
  • Ferran Rosa, Policy Officer, Zero Waste EuropeFerran Rosa, Policy Officer, Zero Waste Europe
  • Nadine de Greef, Secretary-General, European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD)

Q&A

11.00-11.30 | Coffee break

11.30-12.45 | Moving up towards the highest stages of the waste hierarchy: setting the right incentives, using the right instruments

Moderator: Antonello Pezzini, EESC Member, Co-rapporteur of the EESC on the Waste-to-Energy communication

  • Nicolas de la Vega, Policy Advisor, European Biogas Association (EBA)
  • Natalia Walczak, Policy Officer, European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technologies (ESWET)
  • Vanya Veras, Secretary-General, Municipal Waste Europe

Q&A

12.45-12.50 | Concluding remarks

  • Antonello Pezzini, EESC Member, Co-rapporteur of the EESC on the Waste-to-Energy communication

Language regime: Interpreting: EN-FR-IT-PT into EN-FR-IT