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環境省

Government of Japan

Ministry of the Environment

G7 Plastics Workshop in the context of 2030 Agenda implementation and towards G7 collaborative activities

Brussels, 22-23 March 2018

Martin's Brussels EU Hotel, Boulevard Charlemagne 80, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Final Programme

Thursday 22 March 2018

09:00-9:30 Registration and refreshments

09:30-09:50 Opening session Chairs: Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director, Global Sustainable Development, European Commission, Brussels; Mr Takahiro Hasegawa, Director, International Strategy Division, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan

Welcome addresses - Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director, Global Sustainable Development, European Commission, Brussels - Mr Takahiro Hasegawa, Director, International Strategy Division, Global Environmental Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan

09:50-10:40 Session 1: Setting the scene Chairs: Mr Kazunobu Onogawa, Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Tokyo, Japan; Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director, Global Sustainable Development, European Commission, Brussels

09:50-10:00 Canada’s perspectives on plastics Mr Marc D’Iorio, Director General, DG industrial Sectors, Chemicals and Waste, Environmental Protection Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada

10:00-10:20 Challenges and opportunities of plastic management Ms Elisa Tonda, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Production, Division of Economics, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris, France

10:20-10:40 Questions and answers

10:40-11:00

Refreshment break

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11:00-13:00 Session 2: Regulators' and stakeholders' initiatives Chair: Mr Kazunobu Onogawa, Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Tokyo, Japan

11:00-11:20 A European Strategy for Plastics in the circular economy Mr Hugo Schally, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption, Environment Directorate-General, European Commission, Brussels

11:20-11:40 Japan's policies on plastic Mr Yusuke Inoue, Deputy Director, Waste Management and Recycling Department, Environmental Regeneration and Material Cycles Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan

11:40-12:00 Business perspective to sustainability in the plastic sector: Dow's approach Ms Lorraine Francourt, Director, Chemicals Management Policy & Circular Economy, Dow, Horgen, Switzerland

12:00-12:20 OECD work on policies for better plastics management Mr Peter Börkey, Principal Administrator, Environment Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France

12:20-13:00 Questions and answers

13:00-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-16:15 Session 3: Clean plastic value chains, recycling systems and Extended Producer Responsibility schemes Chair: Mr William Neale, Waste Management & Secondary Materials Unit, Environment-Directorate-General, European Commission Rapporteur: Mr Christian Hudson, Resource Efficiency Expert, Berlin, Germany This session will address the promotion of clean plastic value chains through design of products and materials, collection, sorting and recycling; how to expand the market for high-quality recycled plastics; and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes in the G7, including best practice examples for containers and packaging.

14:30-14:50 To set the scene for the panel discussion: - Mr Jocelyn Blériot, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

14:50-15:50 Panel discussion on best practice, case studies, relevant voluntary / regulatory initiatives etc. - Mr Alexander Janz, BMUB, Bonn, Germany - Mr Peter Börkey, Principal Administrator, Environment Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France - Mr Masayuki Isono, President, ISONO Corporation, Tokyo, Japan - Ms Nina Goodrich, Director, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Charlottesville (VA), United States - Mr Joan Marc Simon, Director, Zero Waste Europe, member of Rethink Plastic Alliance, Brussels, Belgium

15:50-16:15 Q&A and discussion with the audience

16:15-16:45 Refreshment break

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16:45-18:30 Session 4: Single-use plastics Chair: Mr Werner Bosmans, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption Unit, Environment Directorate-General, European Commission Rapporteur: Ms Emma Watkins, Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environment Policy (IEEP), London, United Kingdom This session will address the increasing consumption of so-called "single-use" plastics, i.e. packaging or other consumers' products that are thrown away after one brief use, are rarely recycled and/or are particularly prone to littering.

16:45-17:05 To set the scene for the panel discussion: - Mr Dominic Hogg, Director, Eunomia Research & Consulting, Bristol, United Kingdom

17:05-18:05 Panel discussion on best practice, case studies, relevant voluntary / regulatory initiatives etc - Mr Nicolas Encausse, Directorate-General on Risks Prevention, Environment Ministry, Paris, France - Mr Ronald Cotterman, Vice President of Sustainability at Sealed Air and member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Resource Efficiency working group, United States - Ms Sophia Chrysopoulou, Senior Manager, Government Relations, EMEA Public Policy Centre, The Coca-Cola Company, Brussels, Belgium - Mr Alberto Arroyo Schnell, Senior Policy Manager, European Regional Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Brussels, Belgium - Ms Delphine Lévi Alvarès, European Coordinator, #BreakFreeFromPlastic, Brussels, Belgium

18:05-18:30

Q&A and discussion with the audience

18:30-20:00

Cocktail Reception

Friday 23 March 2018

08:30-09:00 Registration and refreshments

09:00-10:45 Session 5: Microplastics and leakage to water-courses and the oceans Chair: Mr Michail Papadoyannakis, Marine Environment & Water Industry Unit, Environment Directorate-General, European Commission Rapporteur: Ms Emma Watkins, Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environment Policy (IEEP), London, United Kingdom This session will discuss microplastics, which pose potential threats to both ecosystems and human health, and will provide insights on the role that waste water treatment can play in preventing marine litter entering the oceans.

09:00-09:20 To set the scene for the panel discussion: - Ms Stefanie Werner, Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

09:20-10:20 Panel discussion on best practice, case studies, relevant voluntary / regulatory initiatives etc - Ms Julia Hunt, Marine Litter Policy Team, DEFRA, London, United Kingdom - Ms Giulia Sagnotti, Directorate-General on Waste and Pollution, Environment Ministry, Rome, Italy - Mr Mauro Scalia, Director Sustainable Businesses, Euratex, Brussels, Belgium - Mr Denis Bonvillain, EU Affairs Coordinator, Suez, Berchem-Saint-Agathe, Belgium - Mr Jeremy Douglas, Vice-President for Development and External Relations, Ocean Wise, Vancouver, Canada

10:20-10:45

Q&A and discussion with the audience

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10:45-11:15

Refreshment break

11:15-13:00 Session 6: Information campaigns and innovative solutions Chair: Mr Haitze Siemers, Head of Maritime innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment Unit, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Directorate-General, European Commission Rapporteur: Mr Christian Hudson, Resource Efficiency Expert, Berlin This session will discuss consumer behaviour, education campaigns and innovative solutions to curb the use of single-use plastic items and reduce marine litter, including microplastics.

11:15-11:35 To set the scene for the panel discussion: - Ms Rachel Barton, Responsible Business Manager, Sky, London, United Kingdom

11:35-12:35 Panel discussion on best practice, case studies, relevant initiatives etc. - Mr Ron Vance, Chief, Resource Conservation Branch, Office of Land and Emergency Management, US EPA, Washington DC, United States - Mr Mike Mannaart, Executive Secretary and National Coordinator, Association of North-Western European Municipalities (KIMO), Beverwijk, The Netherlands - Mr Luca Stramare, COREPLA, Milan, Italy - Ms Irene Díez Ruiz, Managing Director, ECOALF Foundation, Madrid, Spain - Ms Emma Priestland, Marine Litter Policy Officer, Seas at Risk, Brussels, Belgium

12:35-13:00

Q&A and discussion with the audience

13:00-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-16:00 Session 7: Taking stock of the discussions and way forward Chairs: Mr Kazunobu Onogawa, Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Tokyo, Japan; Mr Hugo Schally, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption, Environment Directorate-General, European Commission, Brussels To identify possible strategies and actions to be taken by different stakeholders and at different levels to improve plastic management.

14:30-15:00 Presentation of the results of the discussions and possible recommendations from Sessions 3 to 6:

Rapporteur: Mr Christian Hudson, Resource Efficiency Expert, Berlin

Rapporteur: Ms Emma Watkins, Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environment Policy (IEEP), London

15:00-16:00 General discussion

16:00-16:30 Closing session Chairs: Mr Hugo Schally, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption, Environment Directorate-General, European Commission, Brussels; Mr Takahiro Hasegawa, Director, International Strategy Division, Global Environmental Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

16:00-16:15 Canada’s G7 priorities and next steps Ms Nancy Hamzawi, Director General, G7 Task Team, International Affairs Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada

16:15-16:30 Closing remarks by: - Mr Hugo Schally, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption, Environment Directorate-General, European Commission, Brussels - Mr Takahiro Hasegawa, Director, International Strategy Division, Global Environmental Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

16:30 End of Workshop

16:30-17:00 Refreshments

G7 Plastics Workshop Speakers

Mr Alberto Arroyo Schnell, Senior Policy Manager, European Regional Office, IUCN responsible for policy, formerly co-ordinated WWF’s activity on EU Biodiversity Policy.

Ms Rachel Barton, Responsible Business Manager, Sky, was part of the team that set up Sky Ocean Rescue and currently coordinates the campaign.

Mr Jocelyn Blériot, Ellen MacArthur Foundation manages relationships with EU institutions for the Foundation’s initiatives to build a circular economy

Mr Denis Bonvillain, EU Affairs Coordinator, Suez co-ordinates positions on European legislation and relations with EU institutions, trade associations, environmental NGOs and civil society.

Mr Werner Bosmans, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption Unit, DG Environment, European Commission, focuses on the Circular Economy and the EU plastics strategy.

Mr Peter Börkey, Principal Administrator, Environment Directorate, OECD leads OECD work on waste management and resource productivity, with a strong focus on resource efficiency and the circular economy.

Ms Sophia Chrysopoulou, Senior Manager, Government Relations, EMEA Public Policy Centre, The Coca-Cola Company works on EU Policies, with a special focus on Circular Economy.

Mr Ronald Cotterman, Vice President of Sustainability at Sealed Air and member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Resource Efficiency working group champions innovations to reduce and recover plastics in supply chains.

Mr Marc D’Iorio, Director General, DG Industrial Sectors, Chemicals and Waste, Environmental Protection Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada responsible for developing regulatory instruments for the management of chemicals and waste.

Ms Irene Díez Ruiz, Managing Director, ECOALF Foundation co-ordinates Upcycling the Oceans, a circular economy project to recover trash destroying the sea and transform it into top quality yarn to produce textile products.

Mr Jeremy Douglas, Vice-President of Development and External Relations, Ocean Wise, a global organization tackling ocean plastic issues, develops and resources high-impact environmental campaigns.

Mr Nicolas Encausse, Directorate-General on Risks Prevention, Environment Ministry, France coordinates efforts on international issues with a strong focus on the sound management of chemicals and waste.

Ms Lorraine Francourt, Director, Chemicals Management Policy & Circular Economy, Dow leads Dow’s 2025 Sustainability Goal focused on Circular Economy and facilitates Dow’s business collaborations to optimize resource use, reduce waste and advance circular solutions.

Ms Nina Goodrich, Director, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, USA, leads GreenBlue, a collaborative environmental non-profit dedicated to promoting the principals of sustainable materials management, primarily with industry.

Ms Nancy Hamzawi, Director General, G7 Task Team, International Affairs Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Having joined ECCC in 2004 as Director, International Policy and Cooperation, she brings a wealth of international experience to this role.

Mr Takahiro Hasegawa, Director, International Strategy Division, Global Environmental Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan responsible for substantial issues under the G7 and the G20 processes

Mr Dominic Hogg, Chairman, Eunomia Research & Consulting has recently been leading economic and policy analytical work assisting the development of the EU plastics strategy.

Mr Christian Hudson, Resource Efficiency Expert, works to stimulate international circular economy collaborations, for the European Commission, UN Environment and others.

Ms Julia Hunt Marine Litter Policy Team, DEFRA, U.K.,responsible for the development and implementation of UK policy on marine litter and underwater noise.

Mr Yusuke Inoue, Deputy Director, Recycling Promotion Division Environment Regeneration and Resource Circulation Bureau, The Ministry of the Environment, Japan, responsible for recycling of containers and packaging and resource circulation for plastics.

Mr Masayuki Isono, President, ISONO Corporation. Isono Corporation is the top manufacturer of recycled plastic compounds in Japan, with a 60 year history.

Mr Alexander Janz, Deputy Head of Division, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany responsible for Resource Productivity in Waste Management, Recovery of Recyclables.

Ms Delphine Lévi Alvarès, European Coordinator, Break Free From Plastic coordinates the development of the Break Free From Plastic movement in Europe since June 2016, and the Rethink Plastic Alliance in Brussels since February 2017

Mr Mike Mannaart, Executive Secretary & National Coordinator Dutch-Belgian network, KIMO International, (the Association of North-Western European Municipalities working to protect the marine environment), co-ordinates initiatives and engagement on marine litter.

Mr William Neale, Policy Officer, Circular Economy and Green Growth Directorate, DG Environment, European Commission responsible for packaging and packaging waste and aspects of the EU plastics strategy.

Mr Kazunobu Onogawa, Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in charge of resource efficiency and waste management, previously Director of UN Center for Regional Development.

Mr Michail Papadoyannakis, Marine Environment & Water Industry Unit, DG Environment, European Commission works on marine litter and microplastics in oceans and representing the EU abroad.

Ms Emma Priestland, Marine Litter Policy Officer, Seas at Risk - a Brussels based umbrella NGO with 32 members across 16 countries working on protecting the marine environment through EU policy.

Ms Giulia Sagnotti, Directorate-General on Waste and Pollution, Environment Ministry, Italy responsible for waste management plans, mining waste and batteries directive’s implementation, separate collection, organic and biodegradable waste.

Mr Mauro Scalia, Director Sustainable Businesses, Euratex, (the European Confederation of Textile and Apparel Industry) responsible for activities on chemicals, resources efficiency, circularity, CSR and sustainable supply chains.

Mr Hugo Schally, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption, Environment Directorate General, European Commission coordinates the implementation of EU policies for the circular economy, including the EU plastics strategy.

Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director, Global Sustainable Development, DG Environment, European Commission has held a several international relations and environment policy posts, including leading work on marine issues.

Mr Haitze Siemers, Head of Maritime innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment Unit, DG MARE, European Commission responsible for EU policy on innovation around marine resources.

Mr Joan Marc Simon, Director, Zero Waste Europe, member of Rethink Plastic Alliance empowers a network of community zero waste activities across the EU.

Mr Luca Stramare, COREPLA (the Italian Consortium managing household plastic waste packaging collected by municipalities) responsible for Special Projects and Relationships, is also Secretary General of the European PET Bottle Platform.

Ms Elisa Tonda, Head of the Consumption and Production Unit, Economy Division, UN Environment focuses on the promotion of resource efficient policies, and initiatives through engagement of governments, business communities and civil society organizations.

Mr Ron Vance, Chief of the Resource Conservation Branch in the Office of Land and Emergency Management, US EPA oversees efforts related to materials measurement, sustainable packaging, and sustainability in sports.

Ms Emma Watkins, Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environment Policy, is an experienced analyst of policy on waste, sustainable consumption and production, resource efficiency, marine litter and environmental taxation.

Ms Stefanie Werner, Scientific Officer for the Marine Protection Unit of the German Environment Agency (UBA) focuses on solutions to combat marine litter and co-chairs the EU Technical Working Group and an OSPAR Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter.