1. High-Level Seminar - TOO MANY WASTED RESOURCES – Evaluating resource efficiency from EU households, Producers Responsibility, Recycling targets and the role of Municipalities

2. What is temporary And what is timeless? 4 years Municipal Waste Europe at a glance Erik de Baedts outgoing President MWE Managing Director of Royal NVRD

3. Agenda Looking back at the start of MWE in 2009 Temporary stages Timeless drivers Taking stock in 2013

4. 2009 Signing parties

5. First Board Election 2009

6. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2009

7. Lund, Sweden, 2009

8. Naples, Italy, 2009

9. Timeless: Waste Management = Public responsibility: Service of general interest Local authority: expertise and responsibility, freedom of choice

10. Municipal Waste Europe from 2009: From network to a well known association Serving interests recognised By EU decisionmakers & stakeholders MWE as an Association

11. 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 awareness Common vision, common positions. MWE Public Affairs

12. 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

13. 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

14. May 2011

15. 1. WEEE-Recast and Biowaste 2. 2011 seminars ‘waste management as a SGI’ ‘producer responsibility’ 3. 2012 public seminar on ‘Public Responsibility for Municipal Waste and Resource-efficiency’ 4. Resource efficiency public responsibility too, recognition in EP (Gerbrandy report May ‘12) Policy Issues

16. ResourcesDesignProduction/DistributionRetailConsumption 2009 © NVRD DesignResourcesProductionMarketingConsumptionResourcesSectorDesignIndustryConsumption Electronics Packaging - Knowledge - Sorting (treatment) - Logistics X/Y/Z Instruments EcodesignProducersResponsibility?Reimbursementschemes?Positivetriggers? Waste Management Resources efficiency: design, waste prevention and recycling Textiles

17. Relevance Waste & Recycling sector Motor green economy, cross-cutting impact

18. The market and the playing field Level playing field Sustainable playing field

20. Working with the new Secretary General

21. Our Policy discussions

22. 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

23. Growing Municipal Waste Europe Increasing members of Municipal Waste Europe Increasing overall income Increasing impact! Sustainable partnerships Common vision

26. Conclusion with a view to resources: A president is temporary, but MWE is now here to stay! If waste is temporary, so is MWE If waste is timeless, so is MWE… As long as there will be municipal waste, Municipal Waste Management is a Service of General Interest. Municipalities will always contribute to resource efficiency from their public perspective. Thanks for your attention and support!