Advancing the EU’s sustainable construction framework through the Circular Economy Act

Recycling Europe, the leading voice of Europe’s recycling industry, is organising its annual Construction & Demolition conference at the Ecomondo fair in Rimini on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 14:00 to 15:30. 

The conference “Advancing the EU’s sustainable construction framework through the Circular Economy Act” aims to foster the exchange of views on the forthcoming Circular Economy Act and the related legislative developments supporting sustainable construction such as the Public Procurement Act, the Industrial Accelerator Act, the Construction Products Regulation and the development of EU end-of-waste for the mineral fraction of CDW.  This conference will also include a presentation on the EU-funded Builders project, which aims to assess at assessing the introduction of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes for construction products. This will be followed by a roundtable discussion with stakeholders from across the construction and procurement value chain, including St Gobain, Ragn Sells, ICLEI, ECOS and Bellona Europe. 

Program

Opening words
Pierfrancisco Maran, S&D, Chair of ENVI Committee 

Presentation of the Horizon project Builders 
Loïc Brocard, Policy Advisor Recycling Europe

Roundtable:
Moderated by Loïc Brocard, Policy Advisor Recycling Europe

Xavier Meyer, Circular Economy Leader St Gobain
Federica Pozzi, Senior Programme Manager ECOS
Pär Larshans, Chief Sustainability Officer Ragn Sells
Erica Locatelli, Circular Economy Expert ICLEI
Marco Sirotti, Embodied Carbon Advisor Bellona Europa

Closing words:
Pär Larshans, Chief Sustainability Officer (Ragn Sells), President (Recycling Europe, Construction & Demolition Branch)