There is vast untapped potential for valorising bio-waste in Europe. EU policies such as the new Waste Framework Directive (WFD), which mandates bio-waste collection from 1 January 2024 onwards, seeks to support this. The European Green Deal aims to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy, and reduce food loss and waste

In 2020, BIC has teamed up with Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) to produce a first-of-its-kind report estimating the current and future availability of bio-waste in the EU-27. The full report has been published including country-specific factsheets (for the EU-27, the United Kingdom and Norway) Ireland’s factsheet is available at this link.

The objectives of this webinar are:

• To present the findings of the ZWE report, including success stories from industry and municipalities for bio-waste collection and treatment; &
• To discuss opportunities and challenges of untapping the potential of bio-waste, also in regard to the WFD obligation to separately collect biowaste by 2023.

Speakers will include

• Elsi Katainen, Member of the European Parliament
• Almut Reichel, Project Manager at the European Environment Agency
• Enzo Favoino, Chair of Scientific Committee at Zero Waste Europe
• Jouni Ponnikas, Director for regional development at Kainuu region, Finland