Invitation for the European Bio-waste Conference in Barcelona 15th of February 2010

The Spanish EU Presidency has the topics BIOWASTE and SOIL on its environmental agenda until 30th of June 2010. In this respect as a kind of kick off event a Biowaste Conference is organised at the 15th of February 2010 in Barcelona in co-operation with the Agència de Residus de Catalunya. As a follow-up to the Brussels Conference of June 2009 in Brussel (see proceedings below) it will give an update on the latest policy developments by the Commission/DG Environment which is mainly the Impact Assessment on Biowaste and its results. The policy aspects will be one part of the conference, in a second one European developments will be presented which show the relevance of biowaste collection and the treatment.

Participation is free. For further conference information, accommodation, location, language, meals and registration plase visit the websites

Proceedings of the Conference "Bio-Waste - Need for EU-Legislation?"

Brussels, 9 - 10 June 2009

Biowaste accounts for 30 % to 45 % of municipal solid waste across Europe. This is why European Commission DG Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas stated:“The EU needs to become a resource-efficient, recycling society and bio-waste offers great opportunities. Once our resources become waste we must find ways to recycle them. Energy recovery from bio-waste in the form of biogas or thermal energy will help in the fight against climate change, and quality compost can contribute greatly to healthy soil and biodiversity. We need to work with stakeholders to ensure that the waste management options we choose bring the greatest benefit to our environment”.

As additionally requested in the Waste Framework Directive the Commission started in December 2008 an evaluation process to explore the impacts and options of a bio-waste legislation within the European Union. As a first step in December 2008 the European Commission published the Green Paper on biowaste and afterwards launched the consultation process on the Impact Assessment.

In order to work with the stakeholders this joint conference on “Biowaste – Need for EU legislation?” in Brussels was organised at 9th and 10th of June 2009 by the DG Environment of the European Commission, the Environment Ministry of the Czech Republic, the Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

This website compiles the outcomes of the conference, all presentations and the panel discussions with more than 200 participating stakeholders from 23 countries.

01.12.2009 Full proceedings of the Conference including discussions,
presentations and panel statements are available here (7MB -pdf)

01.12.2009 Position Paper on Bio-Waste of the Biowaste Alliance (=Biowaste Stakeholder Organisations) for download

Programme of the Conference and some of the presentations for download
	09 JUNE 2009
	Registration / Welcome Coffee
	OPENING CEREMONY
10.00 – 10.15	Welcome Ms. Susanne Szech-Kondouros, Administrator-General, Permanent Representative of Germany to the European Union
10.15 – 11.00	Inaugural Addresses Mr. Jos Delbeke, Deputy Director-General DG Environment Ms. Astrid Klug, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Environment Ministry Mr. Luc Vanacker, OVAM
11.00 – 11.15	Introductory speech Multitalented Biowaste Mr. Helge Wendenburg, Director General, Federal Environment Ministry (ppt.pdf) Mr. Helge Wendenburg, Director General, Federal Environment Ministry (doc.pdf)
11.15 – 11.30	Coffee
	GREEN PAPER ON BIO-WASTE
11.30 – 11.45	The Green Paper on Bio-Waste Mr. Bartosz Zambrzycki , DG Environment, European Commission
11.45 – 12.00	Discussion
	European Institutions: Views of Members
12.00 – 12.15	European Parliament Ms. Frieda Brepoels, MEP, EPP-ED
12.15 – 12.30	European Economic and Social Committee Mr. Stéphane Buffetaut, Chairman of the Sustainable development observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee
12.30 – 12.45	Committee of the Regions Ms. Mona-Lisa Norrman, Rapporteur (eng) Ms. Mona-Lisa Norrman, Rapporteur (de)
12.45 – 13.00	Discussion
13.00 – 14.00	LUNCH
	VIEWS OF STAKEHOLDERS
14.00 – 14.15	European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services, FEAD Mr. Rudolf Platzer , Member of FEAD Presidency
14.15 – 14.30	European Environmental Bureau, EEB Mr. John Hontelez, Secretary General (no presentation available)
14.30 – 14.45	Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants, CEWEP Ms. Ella Stengler, Managing Director
14.45 – 15.00	Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management, ACR+ Mr. Jean-Pierre Hannequart , President
15.00 – 15.15	European Biogas Association, EBA Mr. Arthur Wellinger, President
15.15 – 15.30	European Compost Network, ECN Ms. Jane Gilbert, Chair
15.30 – 15.45	Discussion - Stakeholder Panel Mr. John Hontelez, European Environmental Bureau, EEB Ms. Ella Stengler, Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants, CEWEP Ms. Jean-Pierre Hannequart, Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling ACR+ Mr. Arthur Wellinger, European Biogas Association, EBA Ms. Jane Gilbert, European Compost Network, ECN Mr. Rudolf Platzer, European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services, FEAD
15.45 – 16.00	Coffee
	PANEL: CHALLENGES TO BIO-WASTE TREATMENT
16.00 – 17.15	Challenges of the Eastern European Countries Mr. Cestmir Hrdinka, Head of Technology Unit Waste Management Department, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Challenges in Mediterranean Countries Mr. Francesc Giró, Agéncia de Residus de Catalunya Challenges of the Scandinavian Countries Mr . Simon Lundeberg, Naturvårdsverket (SEPA) Challenges of the Northern Countries Mr . Arjen Brinkmann, Brinkmann Consultancy
17.15 – 17.30	Plenary discussion
	Coffee
19.30	INVITATION COMMON DINNER -Courtesy of OVAM
	10 JUNE 2009
09.00 – 09.15	Introduction, Findings of the Previous Day, Outlook
09.15 – 09.30	View of the “Bio-Waste Coalition” Ms. Ana Rodriguez Cruz, Spanish Environment Ministry (no presentation available) Ms. Mieke De Schoenmakere, Flemish Public Waste Agency (OVAM) doc.pdf
	SCIENTIFIC VIEW
09.30 – 10.00	Bio-Waste Treatment : Potential and Difficulties (incl. LCAs) Mr. Miguel Brandão, Joint Research Centre -European Commission Institute for Environment and Sustainability; Life Cycle Assessment Team
10.00 – 10.30	Bio-Waste Treatment and Climate Change Ms. Regine Vogt , Ifeu Heidelberg
10.30 – 11.00	Bio-Waste Treatment and Soil Protection Mr. Luca Montanarella, Joint Research Centre - European Commission Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Land Management, Soil Action
11.00 – 11.15	Discussion
11.15 – 11.40	Coffee
	IMPACT ASSESSMENT
11.40 – 12.00	Baseline scenario and policy options to be considered in an impact assessment Mr. Laurent Franckx, Mike Van Acoleyen, ARCADIS Belgium, Project leader for the study "Assessment of the options to improve the management of bio-waste in the EU"
12.00 – 13.00	Plenary discussion and Summary Dr. Claus-Gerhard Bergs, Federal Environment Ministry, Germany Mr. Cestmir Hrdinka, Head of Technology Unit Waste Management Department, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Mr. Bartosz Zambrzycki, DG Environment, European Commission

In English	http://www.arc-cat.net/en/agencia/jornades/bioresidus2010.html
In Spanish	http://www.arc-cat.net/es/agencia/jornades/bioresidus2010.html
In Catalan	http://www.arc-cat.net/ca/agencia/jornades/bioresidus2010.html

Conference on biowaste recycling in Europe. 15th February 2010

Proceedings of the Conference "Bio-Waste - Need for EU-Legislation?"

Brussels, 9 - 10 June 2009