At its annual meeting, the general assembly elected Kristel Vandenbroek as new chair of the European Compost Network (ECN).
Vandenbroek, representing the Flemish Compost and Digestate Association, Vlaco in ECN, will lead together with the vice chair Massimo Centemero, representing the Italian Composting and Biogas Association, the ECN in the next three years. Besides the new leadership, two further candidates were elected on the ECN board: Alin Murariu, representing the Romanian Compost Association and Jens Måge, representing Avfall Norge in ECN.
During his four year chairmanship, ECN has been recognized as the voice of the biological treatment sector in Brussels and Europe. With the achievement that separate collection of bio-waste (or separated and recycled at source) will be obligatory in all member states by December 2023, bio-waste management will play a great role in developing a circular economy in Europe.
Published in the April 2019 Edition