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Conference Proceedings - Brussels 2008

Organic Waste in Urban Environments - New European Challenges

20-21 November 2008 - Brussels

Over 150 delegates from 15 countries gathered at the Committee of the Region to attend the conference on “Organic Waste in Urban Environments” co-organized by ACR+ and Bruxelles Environnement on 20 & 21 November 2008.

Programme PDF (2.3 MB) EN - FR - ES - NL

Abstracts ZIP FILE (350kB)

Presentations

Introduction

Jean-Pierre HANNEQUART, Director General of Brussels Environment/ President ACR+
Pilar CHIVA, Catalan Waste Agency (ES), ACR+ Vice-President
Susana LOPES, replacing Fernando LEITE, Vice-President ACR+, Intermunicipal Service for Waste Management of Greater Porto (LIPOR, PT), Introduction (PDF 1.1MB)

Session 1 - Organic waste and climate change

Chair: Maryke VAN STADEN, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), Organic waste and climate protection (200kB)
Almut REICHEL, European Environment Agency (EEA), Greenhouse gas reduction through better management of municipal solid waste in the
EU (350kB)
Nathalie CLIQUOT, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Which actions on biomass and organic waste to contribute to fighting climate change? (300kB)
Joelle VAN BAMBEKE, Brussels Environment, Why and how to promote another food cycle? (3.3MB)

Session 2 – Reduction at source of kitchen and garden wastes

Chair: Marie Bullet, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
Gabriela COLLADO (ACR+), Reduction at source of municipal biodegradable wastes in Europe (Outputs from the ACR+ Biowaste Cluster) (PDF 200kB)
Tom QUESTED – Waste & Resources Action Plan (WRAP), Reducing food waste (PDF 1.7MB)
Jean-Jacques DOHOGNE, Vlaamse Compostorganisatie (VLACO), Home and collective composting for urban biowaste (PDF 800kB)
Serge KEMPENEERS, Brussels Environment, Waste management in Brussels-Capital Region’s green areas (PART 1, PDF 3MB) (PART 2, PDF 3MB)

Session 3 – Selective collection and treatment of kitchen and garden wastes

Chair: Vincent JUMEAU, Cabinet of the Secretary of State Emir Kir, Brussels-Capital Region
Roberto CAVALLO, ERICA (replacing Enzo FAVOINO, European Compost Network), Separate collection and management of biowaste in the light of EU policy (PDF 800kB)
Jean-Louis MERRIEN, Rennes Métropole, Organic waste management in Rennes Métropole (PDF 2.3MB)
Francis RADERMAKER, Cabinet of the Minister Evelyne Huytebroeck, Brussels-Capital Region, The organic waste issue in the new Waste Management Plan of the Brussels-Capital Region (PDF 250kB)

Final Session – ROUND-TABLE - European policy - Prevention and recycling of organic waste

For this session there are no presentations available as this was a round-table discussion.

Chair: Jean-Pierre HANNEQUART, Director General of Brussels Environment/ President ACR+
Moderator: Daniel BÉGUIN, Director of Waste and Soils Department, ADEME
Henning JENSEN , Naestved Mayor, Vice-President of the Commission for Sustainable Development, Committee of the Regions
Carlos ORMAZABAL, Deputy of Department for Sustainable Development - Diputacion of Gipuzkoa
Rita Freitas Ferreira, replacing Luísa PINHEIRO, Sub-Director of the Portuguese Environment Agency
Bartosz ZAMBRZYCKI, European Commission - DG ENV

Conclusions

CONCLUSIONS by Jean-Pierre HANNEQUART, Director General of Brussels Environment/President of ACR+ (in French - the English version will be available soon)

This conference endeavoured to be a model in terms of CO2 impact - More about this