High-Level Seminar - TOO MANY WASTED
RESOURCES –
Evaluating resource efficiency from EU households,
Producers Responsibility, Recycling targets
and the role of Municipalities
What is temporaryAnd what is timeless?
4 years Municipal Waste Europe at a glance
Erik de Baedts outgoing President MWE
Managing Director of Royal NVRD
Agenda
• Looking back at the start of MWE in 2009
• Temporary stages• Timeless drivers• Taking stock in 2013
Timeless:Waste Management = Public
responsibility:Service of general interest
Local authority: expertise and responsibility, freedom of choice
Municipal Waste Europe from 2009:
• From network to a well known association
• Serving interests recognised
• By EU decisionmakers & stakeholders
MWE as an Association
Building Municipal Waste Europe image and recognition, speaking at conferences, attending meetings, relating to stakeholders, and delivering positions.
But.. homework first! (timeless lesson ;-)
Sound internal discussions, common awarenessCommon vision, common positions.
MWE Public Affairs
• MWE is the voice of the public sector regarding waste management
• MWE the most natural dialogue partner for EC, EP & Council regarding waste
• MWE brings real experience and know how
from a local executive level• MWE connects EU government with local
government bodies
Conclusion 1st term
Re-elected for a second mandate
2011-2013• Strengthening the network of partners• New associations in EU countries joining: – Greece– Portugal – France
• Policy Officer• New website, better sharing of information
1. WEEE-Recast and Biowaste
2. 2011 seminars• ‘waste management as a SGI’
• ‘producer responsibility’
• 2012 public seminar on ‘Public Responsibility for Municipal Waste and Resource-efficiency’
• Resource efficiency public responsibility too, recognition in EP (Gerbrandy report May ‘12)
Policy Issues
ResourcesResources
DesignDesign
Production/Production/DistributionDistribution
RetailRetailConsumptionConsumption
2009 © NVRD
DesignDesign
ResourcesResources
ProductionProduction
MarketingMarketing
ConsumptionConsumption
ResourcesResources
Sector Sector DesignDesign
IndustryIndustry
ConsumptionConsumption
Electronics
Packaging
- Knowledge
- Sorting (treatment)
- Logistics
X/Y/Z Instruments
EcodesignEcodesign
Producers Producers Responsibility?Responsibility?
Reimbursement Reimbursement schemes?schemes?
Positive Positive triggers?triggers?
Waste Management
Resources efficiency: design, waste prevention and recycling
Textiles
Achievements first years• 5 internal Expert Groups set up:
– Public Procurement, – Producers Responsibility, – Waste Framework Directive, – Biodegradable waste, – Monitoring and benchmarking
• Active external involvement, building awareness and recognition of MWE in the Brussels environment
Growing Municipal Waste Europe
• Increasing members of Municipal Waste Europe
• Increasing overall income
• Increasing impact!
• Sustainable partnerships
• Common vision
Conclusion with a view to resources:A president is temporary, but
MWE is now here to stay!If waste is temporary, so is MWEIf waste is timeless, so is MWE…
As long as there will be municipal waste,
Municipal Waste Managementis a Service of General Interest.
Municipalities will always contribute to resource efficiency
from their public perspective.
Thanks for your attention and support!
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