From left: Zdeněk Horsák, Board Member, EMPRESS, o.p.s. Jan Mraček, Board Member and Chairman, Environmental Department, Czech Chamber of Commerce, Pavlína Kulhánková, Director, Ecology Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Pavel Telička, Member of the European Parliament, Silvija Aile, Department of Waste Management and Recycling, DG Environment, European Commission, and Tomáš Hartman, Deputy Director, CEBRE-Czech Business Representation to the EU
Pavel Telička, Member of the European Parliament
From left: Zdeněk Horsák, Board Member, EMPRESS, o.p.s., Jan Mraček, Board Member and Chairman, Environmental Department, Czech Chamber of Commerce, and Pavlína Kulhánková, Director, Ecology Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
Silvija Aile, Department of Waste Management and Recycling, DG Environment, European Commission
Participant of the debate
Participants of the debate
The European Commission proposed new vision of the transition to the circular economy by 2020 in its December package. The Commission’s Action Plan, the goals of the Circular Economy Package and its impact on the Czech economy were discussed by the representatives of EU institutions, business sector and non-governmental organizations on 9th February 2016 in the European House in Prague. All speakers agreed that transition to the circular economy is an opportunity for the overall transformation of the economy. However, it will be a long-term development that will take effect in the next generations.
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