Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency in Plastic, Electronics, and Food Sectors: Asia-Pacific

- An Online Seminar on -
Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency in Plastic, Electronics, and Food Sectors: Experience from the Asia-Pacific
Monday 13 December 2021, 13.00 – 17.00 (UTC+07:00, Bangkok time) via Zoom Meeting

- Hosted by -
Policy Research Center on Green Economy (PRO-Green), Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University

- Under the Project -
“Recycling Systems: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Climate Action, Nature Action and Pollution Action”

- Funded by -
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

- Contents -

0:00:00 Introduction
Asst. Prof. Anin Aroonruengsawat, Ph.D.
Project Co-researcher and Vice Director of PRO-Green

0:01:30 Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Mushtaq Memon
Regional Coordinator for Resource Efficiency, UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

0:06:54 Welcoming Remarks
Asst. Prof. Supachai Srisuchart, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand

0:12:23 Adventure of E-waste Management for Circular Economy in China
Assoc. Prof. Xianlai Zeng, Ph.D.
School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China

0:47:00 Food Waste Management in Pakistan - Challenges, Opportunities and Ways Forward
Assoc. Prof. Babar Shahbaz, Ph.D.
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan

1:19:30 Circular Economy for Plastics: Good Practices in Japan
Michikazu KOJIMA
Chief Senior Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO
Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

1:56:25 Singapore’s Resource Sustainability Act and its Role toward Circular Economy
Mei Ling TNG
Deputy Director (Department of Sustainability Strategy), Sustainability Division, Resource & Sustainability Group, The National Environment Agency (NEA) Singapore

2:21:09 Sivatel Bangkok Hotel: Zero Food Waste Hotel to be in Year 2023
Alisara Sivayathorn
Chief Executive Officer, Sivatel Bangkok

2:39:40 Sustainable Consumption - Learning from Retailer
Salinla Seehaphan
Chief Sustainability & Legal Officer, Ek-Chai Distribution System (Lotus’s)

3:16:48 Approach to Plastics Circularity in FMCG: Opportunities and Challenges
Vivekanand Sistla
Product Development Director, Unilever Thai Holding Co. Ltd.

3:44:51 Wrap up and Closing Remarks
Assoc. Prof. Niramon Sutummakid, Ph.D.
Project Leader and Director of PRO-Green