End-of-Waste: Permitting and Controls

The "End-of-Waste" framework is a key tool in the circular economy, as it significantly contributes to reducing the use of natural resources, decreasing landfill disposal, and limiting overall environmental impacts.
End-of-Waste permitting, however, presents significant complexities, especially in cases where there are no harmonized criteria defined at the European or national level and it is necessary to proceed with case-by-case assessments. In such situations, the competent authority is required to define specific conditions based on a thorough analysis of the production process, the characteristics of the incoming waste, the treatment technologies adopted, and the quality of the output material. This assessment must ensure that the resulting material is suitable for its intended use, compliant with technical and regulatory standards, and free from negative impacts on the environment and human health. In this context, a balance between regulatory rigor and operational flexibility emerges, allowing technological innovation to be supported without compromising environmental protection levels.
The day aims to begin with a state-of-the-art analysis and then address, with key industry players, the issues currently hindering the full development of circularity.

Session Chair

Valeria Frittelloni, Scientific Advisor to the ARERA Council

Program

Introduction
Hon. Jacopo Morrone, Chair of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into illegal activities connected with the waste cycle and other environmental and agri-food offences

Speakers:

Laura D’Aprile, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

The role of ISPRA in defining End of Waste criteria
Fabrizio Penna, Director General ISPRA

Assessment of health-related aspects in the End of Waste process
Federica Scaini, Environment Department Italian National Institute of Health

ISPRA between inspection and assessment activities
Andrea M. Lanz, Head of the National Centre for Waste and Circular Economy ISPRA

Dynamic batch and static batch: a possible innovative approach to End of Waste procedures for plastics
Michele Cenci, Head of the Energy, Environmental Quality, Waste and Extractive Activities Service, Umbria Region
Francesco Cinti, Head of the Green Deal and Ecological Transition Office ARPA Umbria

Case studies and activities of SNPA
Donato Ramunno, Director General ARPA Basilicata – Vice President, SNPA

Beyond waste: building trust in End of Waste. How controls, data and technical expertise support End of Waste
Anna Lutman, Director General ARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia

Paolo Garofoli, Director Department of Environment, Landscape and Urban Quality, Apulia Region (TBC)

Round table:
Elisabetta Perrotta, Director General Assoambiente
Domenico Ruggiero, Director of Environmental Sector Policy and Regulation Utilitalia
Gianfranco Grandaliano, Cisambiente Confindustria

Conclusions