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

2009 Signing parties

First Board Election 2009

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2009

Lund, Sweden, 2009

Naples, Italy, 2009

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

May 2011

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

Relevance Waste & Recycling sector

Motor green economy, cross-cutting impact

The market and the playing field

Level playing field

Sustainable playing field

Working with the new Secretary General

Our Policy discussions

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!