European Dialogue Conference Joint Action on Plastic Bags

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Please register your attendance firmly
by 12 February 2015 by sending an
e-mail to [email protected].
Venue
Alternatively, you can also send your
completed registration form (see below)
by fax to +49 30 2400867-19.
Representation of
the State of RhinelandPalatinate
(Vertretung des Landes
Rheinland-Pfalz)
Participation in the event is free of charge.
Large Hall
60, Avenue de Tervuren
1040 Brussels
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“Joint Action on Plastic Bags” conference on
17 February 2015 in Brussels.
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European Dialogue Conference
Joint Action on Plastic Bags
17 February 2015 | Brussels
Background
The German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe)
has been committed for many years to reducing plastic
bag consumption both in Germany and in Europe. The
long-term fulfilment of the European targets for reducing
plastic bags is a great challenge and requires – regardless of the implementation of policy – the willingness of
all social groups to cooperate. However, in many places
there is still great uncertainty about how the excessive consumption of plastic bags can be avoided. This
requires a Europe-wide exchange and even better mutual
understanding.
The intention of our conference “Joint Action on Plastic
Bags” is to show how NGOs and retailers can actively integrate consumers into a strategy to avoid the consumption of plastic bags. The aim is to present strategies and
approaches to avoid the consumption of plastic bags, to
initiate a trans-national stakeholder dialogue in Europe
and to bring together players from trade enterprises and
civil society. The conference is open to all interested
stakeholders from business, civil society, politics and
academia.
Conference Program
9:15 am
Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:30 am
Opening remarks
1:45 pm
Jean Clarke,
Department of Environment,
Community and Local Government,
Ireland
Sascha Müller-Kraenner,
Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
9:40 am
Keynote
DG Environment (to be confirmed)
10:00 am
10:20 am
2:15 pm
Plastic bags, enough is enough!
Piotr Barczak,
European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Plastic bags policies over Europe
2:45 pm
Discussion
3:00 pm
Plastic bag reduction:
a retailer’s experience
11:00 am
Coffee break
11:30 am
Action and inaction on bags –
experiences from the UK
Tim Burns,
Keep Britain Tidy
12:00 am
N.N.
European retailer’s perspective
Eurocommerce (to be confirmed)
Plastic bags:
the symbol and the bigger picture –
A Euro Coop’s perspective
Rosita Zily,
European Community of Consumer
Cooperatives (Euro Coop)
12:30 am
Discussion
12:45 am
Lunch break
Campaign to reduce plastic bags
in Catalonia
Marta Beltran,
Fundació Prevenció Residus i Consum
Gaëlle Haut, Surfrider Foundation
10:40 am
Plastic bags – the Irish experience
3:30 pm
European campaign:
Ban the plastic bag
Gaelle Haut, Surfrider Foundation
3:50 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm
Closing remarks
Sascha Müller-Kraenner,
Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
4:05 pm
Networking Coffee
4:30 pm
End