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The Circular Economy Webinar Series continues, building on the demand for more knowledge and real-life use cases from the Circular Economy Forum. In this latest session, the focus is on the application of economic instruments as part of Thailand's approach to plastic pollution. The webinar will explore how market-based policies like virgin plastic taxes, recycling incentives, and deposit-refund systems can promote plastic circularity. Aside from the Thai context, experts will also discuss the effectiveness and feasibility of these instruments in relation to other Southeast Asian countries. 

The webinar is based on the recent study, How Thailand Can Apply Economic Instruments to Accelerate Plastic Packaging Circularity, that was undertaken as part of the ADB regional technical assistance promoting action on plastic pollution.

Join the 41st webinar of the Circular Economy Webinar Series and learn how tools, such as economic instruments, can help transform plastic waste management and support the transition to a circular economy.

Speaker 

Vincent Aloysius | Team Lead, Seureca

Vincent is the Team Lead of the consulting firm engaged for the ADB technical assistance project, Promoting Action on Plastic Pollution from Source to Sea in Asia and the Pacific. This project delivered city action plans and recommendations to shift toward plastic circularity in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. The project also provided policy advice by assessing economic instruments in Thailand. Before his current role, Vincent was a Program Management Officer in the SEA Circular Project of the United Nations Environment Programme. He was responsible for the markets and value chain focus where he led projects on the themes of innovation in the plastic value chain, city level actions, capacity building, finance and business models, and policy advancement. In the private sector, Vincent has had extensive commercial and operational experience in environmental services, resource recovery, and waste management.

Panate Manomaivibool | Lecturer, International College, Burapha University

Dr. Panate Manomaivibool is a lecturer and an assistant dean at Burapha University in Thailand, responsible for academic services and sustainability management. He works with communities, local governments, companies, and nongovernment organizations for workable zero-waste solutions to advance the circular economy. He has been instrumental in the drafting of Extended Producer Responsibility laws for packaging and electronic waste in Thailand. Dr. Panate holds a PhD from IIIEE, Lund University.

Sujitra Vassanadumrongdee | Senior Researcher, Sustainable Environment Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University

Over the past decade, Dr. Sujitra's research has focused primarily on solid waste management, with an emphasis on plastic and food waste, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and circular economy policies and strategies. At the national level, Sujitra is a member of the Plastic and Electronic Waste Management Sub-Committee under the National Environmental Board, and also serves on the Steering Committee on Packaging Management for the Circular Economy and EPR under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. She holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from Hiroshima University, Japan.

Moderator 

Erin Sinogba | Project and Knowledge Management Lead (Consultant), Environment group, Asian Development Bank

Erin Sinogba is the Project and Knowledge Management Lead (Consultant) for the ADB regional technical assistance project, Promoting Action on Plastic Pollution from Source to Sea in Asia and the Pacific. Erin has worked with several international and regional organizations focusing on communications and knowledge management, policy advocacy and campaigning, and project management on programs supporting environmental sustainability, climate change, and sustainable consumption and production. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Global Development Studies from Grinnell College in Iowa, USA.