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GEIR Congress
"The re-refining industry:
40 years at the service of Europe's environment"
"The re-refining industry: 40 years at the service of Europe's environment"
A chance to share visions, strengthen networks, explore the opportunities and the challenges of the Re-refining market.
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Programme
Monday 16 November, Renaissance Hotel Brussels |
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19,30 |
Welcome Dinner: Opening of the Congress and Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of GEIR |
Tuesday 17 November, Renaissance Hotel Brussels 40 years towards excellence: Where is the re-refining global industry today?
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9,00 – 9,15 |
Welcome by Fabio dalla Giovanna, GEIR President and Jos Jong, UEIL President |
First Session: International Perspectives Chairman Mr. Fabio Dalla Giovanna, GEIR President |
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9,15-9,45 |
A vision of North America Mr. Fred Florjancic, CEO and President of Safety Kleen Corp. |
9,45-10,15
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The European Landscape Mr Fabio Dalla Giovanna, President of GEIR |
10,15–10,45
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Used Oil Management in Italy: an example for European Countries Mr. Paolo Tomasi, COOU President |
10,45-11,15 |
Coffee Break |
11,15-11,45 |
A perspective from Asia Mr Daniel M. Cheng, Managing Director of Dunwell Enviro-Tech (Holdings) Ltd. |
11,45-12,15 |
A perspective from South Africa Mr Raj Lochan, CEO ROSE Foundation |
12,15-12,45
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A perspective from Australia Mr David Fitzsimons, Director of Economics Oakdene Hollins |
12,45-13,45 |
Lunch Break |
Second Session: EU regulatory challenges and opportunities Chairman Mr. Dimitris Kontaxis, GEIR Executive Committee Member |
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13,45-14,15 |
A political perspective Mr Roberto Lopriore, Political advisor of the GUE, European Parliament |
14,15-14,45 |
EU waste policies: what lies ahead for re refined oils? Mr Gunther Wolff, Policy Officer, Sustainable production and Consumption Unit, DG ENVI, European Commission |
14,45-15,15 |
Coffee Break |
Third Session: Market and technologies Chairman Mr. Detlev Bruhnke, GEIR Executive Committee Member |
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15,15-15,45 |
A view of the additive industry Dr. Klaus Schimossek, Global Raw Material Strategist for RohMax Oil Additives |
15,45-16,15 |
Re-refined base oils: quality and ecology Prof. Czeslaw Kajdas, Insitute for Fuels and Renewable energy in Warsaw |
16,15-16,45 |
Recycling & REACH implementation Mr Peter Megaw, ECHA |
Final Session Chairman Mr. Christian Hartmann, GEIR Honorary President |
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16,45-17,15 |
Plenary session: Panel for Q&A |
17,15-17,30 |
Conclusions |
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Final adoption of the Revised Waste Framework Directive
GEIR, the European Re-refining Industry Section, welcomed the final adoption of the Revised Waste Framework Directive in November 2008.
A reference, in the revised Waste Directive, to a 5-step waste hierarchy (called "priority order”) favouring recycling over other methods of waste treatment.
A specific mention to the need to follow the priority order for the management of waste oils and to their separate collection, ensuring that the spirit of the revised Directive is favourable to the industry across Europe and that waste oils regeneration remains a suitable option.
A perception that GEIR is a credible and knowledgeable European stakeholder, maximising its legitimacy to reach out to EU stakeholders on other policy issues if necessary (REACH, etc.).
At the adoption of the Final Waste Framework Directive, Fabio Dalla Giovanna, GEIR President, said: “Reaffirming the importance of oil recycling in EU law was vital to our industry’s future and we made it thanks to a professionally led public affairs campaign- this result was unthinkable three years ago. Today the priority order for waste oil recycling has been re-established, without any constraint such as was imposed in the Directive 75/439/EEC, strengthening the concept of recycling above combustion”.
All 27 Member States of the European Union will have to transpose the revised Waste Directive by 12 December 2010.