French, German environment ministers highlight link between resilience and recycling at event in Bucharest
Speaking at the Resource Recovery Summit 2026 event held in Bucharest on March 18, the environment ministers of France and Germany highlighted that mechanisms like the deposit-return system, known locally as SGR, maintain a country’s…
Radu Dumitrescu · Journalist
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Speaking at the Resource Recovery Summit 2026 event held in Bucharest on March 18, the environment ministers of France and Germany highlighted that mechanisms like the deposit-return system, known locally as SGR, maintain a country’s economic resilience and resource sovereignty. The same system was praised by officials from Poland.
The headline panel of the event was a high-level policy dialogue on Green Deal implementation and DRS coordination across member states. It included Romanian environment minister Diana Buzoianu and her French and German counterparts, Monique Barbut and Carsten Schneider, but also representatives from Poland, Cyprus, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the World Bank.
