ROUND TABLE
"REGIONAL PACKAGING INDUSTRY AND SUSTAINABILITY"
Packaging and Packaging Waste Management -
Legal Framework (June 5th, 2012)

 

As part of World Packaging Days 2012 and celebrating the World Environment Day a round table "Regional Packaging Industry and Sustainability" was held on June 5th in hotel Le Meridien Lav***** in Split. The topic of the Round Table was "Packaging and Packaging Waste Management –Legal Framework". It was a regional gathering of packaging producers and users, as well as representatives of trade associations, chambers, ministries and other bodies and institutions linked to the packaging industry.

Along with the Croatian Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection's presenter, other presenters from related ministries dealing with environment protection from the neighbouring countries also attended the round table - representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia. They presented the practice in packaging waste management related to their countries, talking about their experiences and solutions applied so far, but also about the further plans that need to be completed in order to reach the final goals. All participants of the round table - packaging producers and users - had the chance to hear the responses to their stated questions regarding the matter in question.

Packaging and packaging waste management is a topic that must be regulated in accordance with the EU directives as well as the legislation of each country in the region, by securing the implementation of new legislation and by developing the necessary infrastructure which allows the correct procedures to be put into action. It is necessary to assure that a systematic education of local residents is being done, all with the aim of environmental protection. The initiative to make this type of annual gathering of relevant representatives of the regional countries with the main goal to obtain a synergic collaboration has been strongly supported.
 

Program and Presentations

14:00 - 16:00 Registration

16:00 - 17:25

Welcome Address - IAT (Institute of Packaging and Graphic Arts, Croatia), Director, Drena Milijević - moderator Packaging and Sustanability - Global Approach, Thomas L. Schneider, World Packaging Organization - President Packaging and Packaging Waste Management in Republic of Croatia - Regulations, Minister Mirela Holy, Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, Republic of Croatia Packaging and Packaging Waste Management in Republic of Macedonia - Regulations, Deputy Minister Stevo Temelkovski, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning Republic of Macedonia Packaging and Packaging Waste Management in Republic of Montenegro  - Regulations, Assistent Minister Siniša Stanković, Division of Waste Management and Community Development, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Republic of Montenegro Packaging and Packaging Waste Management in Republic of Slovenia - Regulations, Irena Koželj, Head of Public Environmental Protection Services Division, Public Services and Investments Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, Republic of Slovenia

17:25 - 17:45 COFFEE BREAK

17:45 - 20:00

Packaging and Packaging Waste Management in Republic of Serbia - Regulations, Luka Starčević, Independent Advisor with the Department for Waste Mangement, Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Republic of Serbia; Tatjana Đurić, Assistant to the Secretary, Secretariat for Urbanism, Civil Engineering and Environment Protection, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Packaging and Packaging Waste Management in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Regulations, Azra Bašić, Expert Advisor for Monitoring and Implementation of Measures and Procedures for Waste Management, Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH Experiences With Packaging Waste Management, Matej Stražiščar, Managing Director of SLOPAK, Association for Packaging Waste Management, Slovenia Green Point System, Joachim Quoden, managing director, PRO Europe s.p.r.l., Belgium Waste - Resource and Energy, Siniša Bradarić Šlujo, Tehnix d.o.o., Croatia DISCUSSION - Q&A session with the media and the auditorium - CONCLUSIONS

20:00 COCKTAIL