PRIAevents is pleased to announce the PRIA Environment Bulgaria Conference, taking place on May 14th, 2025, at the Balkan Palace Hotel, Sofia. This high-level event is one of Bulgaria’s most significant platforms for dialogue on environmental policy, strategy, and innovation—featuring case studies and insights from across Europe.
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PRIAevents is renowned for organizing top-tier business conferences in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, PRIAevents has been active in Bulgaria since 2022, delivering impactful events on major societal and economic issues. With a track record of hundreds of conferences, PRIA is now bringing this vital conversation to Bulgaria’s environmental stage.
This edition of the conference will bring together government officials, industry associations, environmental organizations, beverage and packaging producers, retailers, technology providers, and. Together, we will explore key topics including:
- Bulgaria’s environmental targets under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and EU directives
- Strategies for the implementation of the Deposit Return System (DRS)
We invite you to join this interactive event, connect with leading experts and decision-makers, and contribute to shaping actionable, forward-thinking environmental solutions for Bulgaria and the region.
Key Discussion Points:
• DRS is proven to be the most effective solution against environmental pollution and for material recovery.
DRS achieves higher rates than any other system of separate collection of raw materials (90% on average).
• How can Bulgaria achieve national and EU Environmental Targets?
– Deposit Return System (DRS) in Bulgaria:
Challenges, deadlines and solutions.
– Objectives of DRS: participants in the system, and their key responsibilities. How can producers and retailers collaborate to find the most efficient way of implementing the DRS system in Bulgaria?
– System funding, logistics, and consumer engagement
• Sharing DRS learnings and experience from Romania
Panel 2: The role of EU Directives and Regulations on packaging and waste and impact on the business. Technical logistics.
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/852 amending Directive 94/62 / EC on packaging and packaging waste – eco-design of packaging. Working on the prevention of the production of packaging waste and promote the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of packaging waste instead of its final disposal, thus contributing to the transition to a circular economy.
REGULATION (EU) 2025/40 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL. New targets, new challenges for EU member states and beverage and retail industries.
START
SPEAKERS
Manol Trifonov GENOV
Minister of Environment and Water of Bulgaria
Jana VELICHKOVA
Executive Director, Bulgarian Soft Drinks Association
Vladimir IVANOV
President, Union of Brewers in Bulgaria
Regina STOILOVA
For the Planet NGO
Doinița MIHAI
Vice President Public Affairs Eastern Europe South TOMRA
Gemma WEBB
CEO RetuRO – Deposit System Administrator Romania
Alice NICHITA
President of the National Soft Drinks AssociationAGENDA
Welcome and Registration
10:30 - 11:00How can Bulgaria achieve the national and European targets? Challenges and deadlines. Solutions and best European practices.
Panel 1: Deposit-Return System (DRS) Key Discussion Points: • DRS is proven to be the most effective solution against environmental pollution and for material recovery. DRS achieves higher rates than any other system of separate collection of raw materials (90% on average). • How can Bulgaria achieve national and EU Environmental Targets? – Deposit Return System (DRS) in Bulgaria: Challenges, deadlines and solutions. – Objectives of DRS: participants in the system, and their key responsibilities. How can producers and retailers collaborate to find the most efficient way of implementing the DRS system in Bulgaria? – System funding, logistics, and consumer engagement • Sharing DRS learnings and experience from Romania Panel 2: The role of EU Directives and Regulations on packaging and waste and impact on the business. Technical logistics. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/852 amending Directive 94/62 / EC on packaging and packaging waste – eco-design of packaging. Working on the prevention of the production of packaging waste and promote the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of packaging waste instead of its final disposal, thus contributing to the transition to a circular economy. REGULATION (EU) 2025/40 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL. New targets, new challenges for EU member states and beverage and retail industries.
11:00 - 13:30Q&A. Conclusions
13:30 - 14:00Networking Lunch
14:00 - 15:00Engage with Experts: Hear from government officials and specialists from Bulgaria and Romania.
Learn Best Practices: Successful DRS implementations and understand the impact in your context.
Collaborate on Solutions: Participate in interactive sessions aimed at developing actionable strategies for DRS adoption.
PRIAevents conferences consistently highlight the most important and timely topics in each business sector, providing value to a wide audience of participants and media representatives.
With an experience of over 15 years in organizing premium business events, PRIAevents team is recognized for organizing top events of the most representative sectors of the economy and it is leader in online and hybrid conferences in Romania, Republica Moldova and Bulgaria.
PRIA Environment platform unites companies, specialists and authorities involved in environmental protection in Bulgaria and other countries to share experiences and best practices. At the PRIA Environment Bulgaria 2025 conference you will benefit from learning about new legislation’s requirements, conclusions of high-level analysis and case studies. You will have the opportunity to interact with the most important speakers in the field but also to exchange opinions and experience with participants concerned with the same topics as you. Examples, case studies, and news will be real sources of learning and development for your business. You will reach over thousands of online attendees.
You will have the opportunity to establish contacts and partnerships with players from Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Greece and Moldova. Discuss topics that you think are the important to be debated and see the role of the legislation and how DRS can be implemented in Bulgaria. Speakers and the audience will interact, and questions can be answered in real time!
PRIAevents conferences bring always into attention the most important and current issues of debate in each business area to the benefit of a large number of participants and mass – media representatives.
LOCATION
Balkan Palace Hotel
PARTNERS
