Furniture and furnishings in the EPR perspective. New scenarios and the Italian project

While Extended Producer Responsibility systems and new Ecodesign strategies are being developed throughout Europe, a new EPR project for furniture and other furnishing products is being launched in Italy. Made in Italy design companies, now leaders at international level, are becoming exponents of new production and consumption models and are creating a system to promote the Circular Economy through the use of sustainable materials, the extension of product life cycles, and the organisation of networks for collection, recycling, repair and quality reuse.

An overview of the innovations and actions underway, through the evaluations and testimonies of the relevant institutions and the protagonists of the new system.

Session Chair

Roberto Coizet, Sole Administrator Reteambiente

Program

14.00 Registration of participants and start of work

14.15 Introduction and institutional speeches
Vannia Gava, Deputy Minister Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (TBC)
Massimo Bitonci, Undersecretary Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (TBC)
Claudio Feltrin, President CNSA – National Furniture System Consortium

15.00 Round table: The EPR project and the commitment of furniture companies
Chair: Roberto Coizet

Speakers:
Maria Porro, President Assoarredo
Luca Proietti, General Director Circular Economy and Remediation
Alessandra Zampieri, Director Joint Research Centre, European Commission, European Union
Alessandra Stefani, President National Cluster Italy Forest Wood
Fabien Cambon, Technical and Innovation Director of Ecomaison

16.00 Conclusions

REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY