Call for Papers for the European colloquium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first EU Waste Framework Directive. The event will take place in Paris on 8–9 October 2026.

This colloquium aims to foster dialogue between legal scholars, management researchers, and social scientists to reflect on 50 years of EU waste policies and their implementation.
Key themes include:

• Evolution of EU waste law and policy instruments

• Governance tensions between EU, national, and local levels

• Power dynamics among public, private, and civil-society actors (EPR, DRS systems, etc.)

• Circular-economy strategies, plastics governance, waste-prevention and end-of-waste policies

• Judicial cases, infrastructures, controversies, and democratic processes

• Territorial innovations and implementation experiences in Europe and beyond

Submission details

• Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2026

• Conference website: https://50y1stwfd.sciencesconf.org/

• Call for Papers: https://docs.google.com/document/d/146mnw36VEnz7PQH0GccbDrxRwl-_HNpc/edit

Organization

This event is organized by the Scientific and Organizing Committees of the
“50 Years of the First EU Waste Framework Directive” Colloquium,
coordinated by Alexandre Camino,
PhD Candidate in Management (La Rochelle Université & Universität Rostock)
and Lecturer at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas.