The Institute for Circular Economy and Climate of the European Public Law Organisation (EPLO) and its Circular Gaia Symposium are organizing a half day conference entitled: “Promoting Best Practices on Economic Instruments in Waste Management and the Circular Economy“, to be held on June 11, 2025, from 10:00 – 15:00, in Athens, as part of the EU Green Week.
The event will focus on building capacity and showcasing good practices in the use of economic instruments to support sustainable waste management, extended producer responsibility, and Greece’s circular economy strategy, aligned with the EU waste hierarchy.
Main speakers of the event:
- Ms. Evangelia Togia, CEO Hellenic Recycling Agency (EOAN)
- Mr. Petros Varelidis, Secretary General for Natural Environment and Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy
- Secretary General for Waste Management Coordination, Ministry of Environment and Energy
- Mr. Giannis Tzortzis, Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy, and Water (RAAEY)
- Prof. Maria Loizidou, NTUA
- Dr. Efi Tritopoulou, NTUA Researcher, Director General Filtra, President of EDEM Women Engineers Association
- Mr George Konstantinopoulos, attorney at law, head of legal affairs of ECOCITY
- Dr. Dionysis Bountouvas,CEO COMBATT
- Ms. Anargyrou Nikolic, HoReCa Business Development Director Coca-Cola HBC Coca-Cola Hellas
- Mr. Thanasis Gioses, Country Sales Manager TOMRA Collection Greece
The event will be held in Greek and will feature participants from the Ministry of Environment and Energy, EOAN, local authorities, the business community, academia, media, and civil society.
It will be recorded and made available on the EPLO website and our YouTube channel.
