Report launch: Recycling of Critical Raw Materials in the Nordics (online)
Information
This brand new report provides a comprehensive Nordic overview of measures needed for secondary value chains for CRMs based on recycling from discarded products and sorted waste streams as opposed to virgin sources.
Hear from policy-makers about the strategic importance of CRMs for the Nordic region, as well as explore the intertwined roles and possibilities of the waste and recycling sectors, innovation, and logistics.
CRMs have been a hot topic internationally for a while — come and learn more about the status in the Nordics!
The event is hosted by the Working Group for the Circular Economy (NCE) of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Programme
13:00–13:05 Opening by the Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy (NCE)
- Stian Bergeland, Coordinator of the Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy (NCE)
13:05–13:20 Circularity & Critical Materials
- Ramona Liberoff, Executive Director of PACE (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy)
13:20–13:50 Launch and recommendations of the ‘Recycling of Critical Raw Materials in the Nordics’ report by the authors
- Bård Bergfald, CEO of Bergfald Miljørådgivere
13:45–14:00 EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) and What’s Next
- Peter Handley (Head of Unit) or Madalina Ivanica (Deputy Head of Unit) in the Unit on Energy Intensive Industries and Raw Materials of the European Commission
14:00–14:25 Discussion: industry & secondary CRMs
- Owain Griffiths, Head of Circular Economy at Volvo Cars
- Viktor Neiström Ortynski, Project lead at Stena Recycling Group
- Moderated by Cathrine Barth, Head of Circular Economy at Natural State
14:25–14:30 Closing remarks
- Svein Berg, Managing Director at Nordic Innovation