Joe Papineschi has been Director of circular economy policy, strategy and operations consultancy Eunomia Research & Consulting since 2002. Eunomia has been at the forefront of supporting the EU’s drive towards a more circular economy in both policy development and implementation, including the key projects on recycling targets, measurement of recycling, extended producer responsibility, marine plastics pollution and microplastics.

Joe has spent over 25 years applying the resource management hierarchy to global challenges such as climate change, plastic pollution and sustainable communities. He is Eunomia’s senior specialist in municipal waste management, cross-sectoral partnership working, green procurement, logistics and recycling technology.