Interzero at SOSEXPO - 29 June 2023, Warsaw

On 29 June 2023, the Novotel hotel in Warsaw hosted the SOSEXPO - XI International Waste Management Forum. On behalf of Interzero were Pawel Lesiak, Executive Vice President of Interzero and Edyta Mantorska, Head of the Environmental Education Team. The event was attended by politicians, local government representatives and leading experts in the waste management industry. The event's programme included panel discussions and expert speeches and presentations on legislation and economic trends, investment and GOZ.

Paweł Lesiak took part in a panel discussion "On the road to GOZ - municipalities facing increasing EU requirements. Which changes need to be implemented today and which are still to come?". Issues raised in the debate included:

• How to improve waste management at the local authority level to avoid penalties for not meeting recycling levels? What should be invested in and what changes should be made?
• What changes and regulations do we need at central level to improve separate collection and recycling?
• What can municipalities do to prevent waste and promote reuse? What tools are needed to reduce the waste of raw materials?

Edyta Mantorska, presenting a summary of the April 2023 Interzero report "We are getting ourselves into trouble"., discussed Poles' awareness of waste sorting.

Many thanks for the invitation - we'll see you next year!