{"id":7355,"date":"2026-07-22T13:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nmc.sk\/?page_id=7355"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:45:59","slug":"em2026-colgan-shane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nmc.sk\/en\/em2026-colgan-shane\/","title":{"rendered":"EM2026-Colgan-Shane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; remove_padding=&#8221;no-padding-vc-row&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-animated&#8221; bg_image_new=&#8221;id^6877|url^https:\/\/nmc.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/seamless-bg-2026-space-2.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^seamless bg 2026 space|description^null&#8221; bg_image_size=&#8221;contain&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-content-box-container \" >\t\t<div class=\"ult-content-box\" style=\"box-shadow: px px px px none;-webkit-transition: all 700ms ease;-moz-transition: all 700ms ease;-ms-transition: all 700ms ease;-o-transition: all 700ms ease;transition: all 700ms ease;\"  data-hover_box_shadow=\"none\"    >[vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7357&#8243; 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css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1596615104945{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #f8e45f;\"><strong>Shane Colgan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Circular Economy Expert<br \/>\nEuropean Environment Agency<\/p>\n<p>Copenhagen<br \/>\nDenmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778251331471{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #FFCD91 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #164a55 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;PRESENTATION&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23164a55&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1596615178119{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>From Waste Management to Resource Stewardship.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Od nakladania s odpadmi k zodpovedn\u00e9mu mana\u017ementu zdrojov.<\/strong><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778251338956{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #FFCD91 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #164a55 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;KEY WORDS&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23164a55&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1596615178119{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Waste, Recycling, Circular Economy, Resources[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778251344797{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #FFCD91 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #164a55 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;ANNOTATION&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23164a55&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1596615178119{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]European lifestyles and the economic activities that support them depend on the consumption of unsustainably vast quantities of natural resources. As materials move through the economy, a portion ultimately emerges as waste from households, businesses, and industrial activities. Sound waste management practices are essential not only for protecting human health and maintaining clean and attractive communities, but also for safeguarding ecosystems and preventing pollution of air, soil, and water. Over several decades, European waste policy has driven a significant shift away from the disposal of waste through landfill and other end-of-pipe solutions, promoting instead higher-value treatment options such as energy recovery and recycling, guided by the EU waste hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Growing concerns over resource scarcity, strategic autonomy, and supply chain resilience have heightened interest in the role of secondary raw materials within the European economy. As a result, increasing attention is being given to ensuring that materials currently discarded as waste can be recovered and returned to productive use, reducing dependence on virgin resource extraction and strengthening material security. To maximise the environmental and economic benefits of recycling, the quality of recovered materials is critical. High-quality recycling preserves material value, expands opportunities for closed-loop applications, and increases the likelihood that secondary materials can effectively substitute for primary resources, ideally several times throughout their life cycle.<\/p>\n<p>However, while recycling is an essential component of a more circular economy, there are practical limits to the extent that recycling alone can sustain current patterns of resource consumption. High-quality recycling should therefore be viewed as just one of several interconnected strategies for advancing sustainability and circularity. In the context of sustainable resource consumption, it is critical to recognise that material losses occur throughout value chains, that some products are difficult (or impossible) to recycle, and that energy is always required to collect and process materials. Therefore, achieving lasting sustainability also depends on effectively implementing other actions. These include reducing material demand, extending product lifetimes, enabling reuse and repair, improving resource efficiency, and designing products and systems that retain value for as long as possible. Together with high quality recycling, these measures will form the foundation of a circular and more resilient economy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778251350723{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #FFCD91 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #164a55 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;LECTURER&#8217;S PROFILE&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23164a55&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1596615178119{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Shane Colgan<\/strong> has over 20 years\u2019 experience in waste and the circular economy. Working at Ireland\u2019s Environmental Protection Agency, he managed the National Waste Prevention Programme and later oversaw its transition into the national Circular Economy Programme.<\/p>\n<p>He worked with the European Environment Agency for a number of years, focusing on circular economy and waste, where he led the report \u2018Accelerating the Circular Transition in Europe\u2019, and developed the EEA\u2019s Circularity Metrics Lab.<\/p>\n<p>He later returned to Ireland as a sustainability advisory for a government ministry, guiding action and policy for the tourism, culture, and sports sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Shane commenced working again at the European Environment Agency on circular economy and waste issues. He is a board member of Ireland\u2019s national centre for the circular economy (Rediscovery Centre).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778251359528{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #FFCD91 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #164a55 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;ORGANIZATION&#8217;S PROFILE&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23164a55&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716293466427{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>The European Environment Agency (EEA)<\/strong><br \/>\nis an agency of the European Union that provides independent information, data, and assessments on the environment and climate. Its purpose is to help policymakers, businesses, researchers, and the public make informed decisions about environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>The EEA does not make environmental laws. Instead, it provides the data, analyses, and reports that help the European Commission, national governments, and other stakeholders develop and evaluate environmental policy.<\/p>\n<p>The EEA works through the European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet), which links national environmental agencies and experts across Europe. This network helps gather high-quality environmental information from member and cooperating countries.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778251367247{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #FFCD91 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #164a55 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;K\u013d\u00da\u010cOV\u00c9 SLOV\u00c1&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23164a55&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716293466427{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Odpady, recykl\u00e1cia, cirkul\u00e1rna ekonomika, zdroje[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1778251372065{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #FFCD91 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #164a55 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;ANOT\u00c1CIA&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23164a55&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716293466427{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Eur\u00f3psky sp\u00f4sob \u017eivota a hospod\u00e1rske \u010dinnosti, ktor\u00e9 ho podporuj\u00fa, z\u00e1visia od spotreby neudr\u017eate\u013ene ve\u013ek\u00e9ho mno\u017estva pr\u00edrodn\u00fdch zdrojov. Ako materi\u00e1ly prech\u00e1dzaj\u00fa ekonomikou, \u010das\u0165 z nich sa napokon men\u00ed odpad z dom\u00e1cnost\u00ed, podnikov a priemyseln\u00fdch \u010dinnost\u00ed. Spr\u00e1vne postupy nakladania s odpadmi s\u00fa nevyhnutn\u00e9 nie len na ochranu \u013eudsk\u00e9ho zdravia a udr\u017eiavanie \u010dist\u00fdch a atrakt\u00edvnych komunitn\u00fdch priestorov, ale aj na ochranu ekosyst\u00e9mov a na predch\u00e1dzanie zne\u010dis\u0165ovaniu ovzdu\u0161ia, p\u00f4dy a vody. Eur\u00f3pska politika v oblasti odpadov u\u017e nieko\u013eko desa\u0165ro\u010d\u00ed presadzuje v\u00fdrazn\u00fd odklon od zne\u0161kod\u0148ovania odpadov skl\u00e1dkovan\u00edm a in\u00fdmi koncov\u00fdmi rie\u0161eniami (\u201eend-of-pipe\u201c). Namiesto toho v s\u00falade s hierarchiou odpadov\u00e9ho hospod\u00e1rstva E\u00da podporuje mo\u017enosti zhodnocovania s vy\u0161\u0161ou pridanou hodnotou, ako s\u00fa energetick\u00e9 zhodnocovanie a recykl\u00e1cia.<\/p>\n<p>Rast\u00face obavy z nedostatku zdrojov, potreba strategickej auton\u00f3mie a odolnosti dod\u00e1vate\u013esk\u00fdch re\u0165azcov zv\u00fd\u0161ili z\u00e1ujem o \u00falohu druhotn\u00fdch surov\u00edn v eur\u00f3pskom hospod\u00e1rstve. V d\u00f4sledku toho sa \u010doraz v\u00e4\u010d\u0161ia pozornos\u0165 venuje zabezpe\u010deniu toho, aby materi\u00e1ly, ktor\u00e9 sa v s\u00fa\u010dasnosti vyhadzuj\u00fa ako odpad, mohli by\u0165 zhodnoten\u00e9 a vr\u00e1ten\u00e9 do v\u00fdrobn\u00e9ho procesu. T\u00fdm sa zni\u017euje z\u00e1vislos\u0165 od \u0165a\u017eby prim\u00e1rnych zdrojov a posil\u0148uje materi\u00e1lov\u00e1 bezpe\u010dnos\u0165. Pre maximaliz\u00e1ciu environment\u00e1lnych a hospod\u00e1rskych pr\u00ednosov recykl\u00e1cie je k\u013e\u00fa\u010dov\u00e1 kvalita zhodnoten\u00fdch materi\u00e1lov. Vysokokvalitn\u00e1 recykl\u00e1cia zachov\u00e1va hodnotu materi\u00e1lu, roz\u0161iruje mo\u017enosti pre aplik\u00e1cie v uzavretom cykle a zvy\u0161uje pravdepodobnos\u0165, \u017ee druhotn\u00e9 suroviny dok\u00e1\u017eu efekt\u00edvne nahradi\u0165 prim\u00e1rne zdroje \u2013 ide\u00e1lne nieko\u013ekokr\u00e1t po\u010das svojho \u017eivotn\u00e9ho cyklu.<\/p>\n<p>Hoci je recykl\u00e1cia nezastupite\u013enou s\u00fa\u010das\u0165ou intenz\u00edvnej\u0161ieho obehov\u00e9ho hospod\u00e1rstva, existuj\u00fa praktick\u00e9 limity toho, do akej miery dok\u00e1\u017ee samotn\u00e1 recykl\u00e1cia udr\u017ea\u0165 s\u00fa\u010dasn\u00e9 vzorce spotreby zdrojov. Vysokokvalitn\u00e1 recykl\u00e1cia by sa preto mala ch\u00e1pa\u0165 len ako jedna z viacer\u00fdch vz\u00e1jomne prepojen\u00fdch strat\u00e9gi\u00ed na presadzovanie udr\u017eate\u013enosti a cirkularity. V kontexte udr\u017eate\u013enej spotreby zdrojov je k\u013e\u00fa\u010dov\u00e9 uvedomi\u0165 si, \u017ee k strat\u00e1m materi\u00e1lu doch\u00e1dza v celom hodnotovom re\u0165azci, \u017ee niektor\u00e9 v\u00fdrobky je \u0165a\u017ek\u00e9 (alebo nemo\u017en\u00e9) recyklova\u0165 a \u017ee na zber a spracovanie materi\u00e1lov je v\u017edy potrebn\u00e1 energia. Dosiahnutie trvalej udr\u017eate\u013enosti preto z\u00e1vis\u00ed aj od \u00fa\u010dinn\u00e9ho zav\u00e1dzania \u010fal\u0161\u00edch opatren\u00ed. 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Po\u010das p\u00f4sobenia v \u00cdrskej agent\u00fare pre ochranu \u017eivotn\u00e9ho prostredia (EPA) riadil N\u00e1rodn\u00fd program prevencie vzniku odpadu a nesk\u00f4r dohliadal na jeho transform\u00e1ciu na n\u00e1rodn\u00fd Program obehovej ekonomiky.<\/p>\n<p>Nieko\u013eko rokov pracoval pre Eur\u00f3psku environment\u00e1lnu agent\u00faru (EEA), kde sa zameral na obehov\u00fa ekonomiku a odpady. Viedol vypracovanie spr\u00e1vy \u201eAccelerating the Circular Transition in Europe\u201c (U\u00fdchlenie prechodu na cirkul\u00e1rne hospod\u00e1rstvo v Eur\u00f3pe) a vyvinul platformu EEA pre monitorovanie cirkularity (Circularity Metrics Lab).<\/p>\n<p>Nesk\u00f4r sa vr\u00e1til do \u00cdrska, kde p\u00f4sobil ako poradca pre udr\u017eate\u013enos\u0165 na ministerstve, kde usmer\u0148oval opatrenia a politiky pre sektory cestovn\u00e9ho ruchu, kult\u00fary a \u0161portu.<\/p>\n<p>Ned\u00e1vno Shane op\u00e4\u0165 za\u010dal pracova\u0165 pre Eur\u00f3psku environment\u00e1lnu agent\u00faru na t\u00e9mach obehov\u00e9ho hospod\u00e1rstva a odpadov. 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