Tools for accelerating the development of the circular economy in the construction and infrastructure sector

The construction and infrastructure sector generates the largest quantities of waste produced in Europe and in Italy, accounting for almost 50% of all waste produced each year. This waste is mostly non-hazardous and, thanks to research and development investments by companies in the sector, it is recycled into products that meet the technical and environmental standards required by Europe and Italy.
This significant supply of ecological materials, as alternatives to those derived from extractive activities, does not always find a market response from public or private contracting authorities, thus causing serious storage problems for recovered aggregates, with the consequent risk of market blockage, including for the acceptance of waste at processing facilities due to the exhaustion of available space.
This conference brings together sector stakeholders, including waste producers, recyclers, public and private contracting authorities, product and procedure accreditation systems, and the MASE Directorate General for Product and Consumption Sustainability.

Session Chair

Paolo Barberi, ANPAR

Program

Introduction

Regulatory framework
Stefano Maglia, TuttoAmbiente and Ekofuture

Technical and market context
Giorgio Bressi, ANPAR

D2R Project
Walter Togni, Italy-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce

Round table:
Paolo Grigioni, Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security
Andrea Lanz ISPRA
Stefano Betti, ANCE
Nicola D'Alessandro, RFI
Renzo Maggiolo, UNIRIGOM
Carlo Colombino, ANPAR
Marco Caffi, GBC
Massimiliano Pescosolido, ATECAP
Guido Castelli and Giancarlo Marchetti, Extraordinary Government Commissioner for the repair and reconstruction following the 2016 earthquake

Conclusions
Carlo Colombino, ANPAR