Implementing Circular Value Chains
13 March 2019, BluePoint Brussels
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) cordially invites you to its 2019 Annual Conference, entitled “Implementing Circular Value Chains”.
Powered by recycling companies and national federations, EuRIC's Annual Conference will play host to high-level EU policymakers and influential industry leaders who will debate key regulatory and economic aspects for the recycling sector.
For EuRIC's Annual Conference 2019 edition, emphasis will be placed on circular value chains. Success factors, challenges and market or regulatory issues will be widely discussed in connection with the implementation of the Circular Economy Package and the Plastics Strategy. Priorities for the European recycling industry in the forthcoming years will also be defined in the context of the coming European Parliament elections and a new European Commission.
For any further inquiries, please get in touch with Ana Ledesma by e-mail (
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- 13.45 - 14.15
- Registration
- 14.15
- Introductory remarks
Conference moderator: Mr. Murat BAYRAM, Head of European non-ferrous business, EMR - (Each session will be followed by a 10-minute moderated Q&A with the audience)
- 14.30
- Voluntary commitments vs. mandatory targets: striking the right balance to close the loop of the plastic value chain
- Keynote speaker:
- Mr. Antti PELTOMÄKI, Deputy Director General, DG Grow, European Commission
Mr. Michaël MANSUY, Veolia Group - Ms. Sandra TOSTAR, Volvo Car Corporation
Mr. Simon Francis WEBB, Government Relations, Procter & Gamble
- Topics:
- - EU-wide pledging campaign to boost recycled content
- Mandatory recycled content for plastic bottles by 2025 and 2030
- Further actions to render plastics more circular
- 15.20
- Show case session: European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform
- Mr. Bernd DITTMANN, member of EESC Bureau and Vice President of the INT, Internal Market Committee
- 15.30
- A product policy framework to boost circularity
- Keynote speaker:
- Ms. Emmanuelle MAIRE, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products and Consumption, European Commission
Mr. Anthony SANT, Sales & Marketing Director, AO Recycling - Ms. Christine LEVEQUE, Director Business Innovation BU Benelux and Germany, Suez
- Mr. Eugenio LONGO, Head of sustainability & EU affairs – Strategy & Group Development, Borealis
- Topics:
- - Expected changes to EU product policy framework
- Market frontrunners in designing circular products
- 16.30
- Networking Coffee break
- 16.50
- Unlocking obstacles affecting recycling in Europe to drive the circular economy and the climate agenda
- Keynote speaker:
- Mr. Walter KLOMP, Program Manager, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
- Mr. Hans van de NES, Business Development Manager for Paper & Plastic, Sortiva
- Mr. Olivier FRANCOIS, Galloo Group
- Topics:
- - Issues arising from the waste shipment regulation for the transboundary movement of recyclables within the EU
- Importance of improving the interface between waste, product and chemicals legislation
- 17.50
- Greening finance to boost circularity
Mr. Pavel MISIGA, Head of Unit, Eco-innovation, DG RTD, European Commission - Mr. Jan Raes, Sustainability Advisor, ABN AMRO Strategy & Sustainability, Sustainable Banking
- 18.15
- Grupo OTUA: 45 years leading the way towards a circular economy
- Mr. Ion OLAETA, Director General, Grupo Otua – President of FER
- 18.20
- Keynote concluding remarks
- 18.30 - 20.30
- Networking cocktail and standing buffet
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