IFAT Session: Financing Circular Economy – Approaches from the PREVENT Waste Alliance and GIZ

Quality & Compliance Manager

Closing the Loop

Laura Vecoli works in process improvement and loves turning complex processes into understandable and effective frameworks. At Closing the Loop, she focuses on the world of electronic waste—helping build better ways to collect and recycle electronics from across Africa so that they’re managed responsibly. Over time, she’s developed a strong feel for both the practical challenges and the real-world impact of this work, from environmental protection to making better use of limited resources. As global electronic waste reduction increases in importance, she is especially interested in the need for standards to ensure transparency, fairness, and real impact, and will present a first-of-its-kind Minimum Requirements designed to set a practical baseline and help the industry move forward in a credible and sustainable way.

Managing Director

PCX Solution

Stefanie is an accomplished strategic leader with over 22 years of international experience in sustainability and management. She is the Managing Director of PCX Solutions, an NGO founded in the Philippines, that focuses on plastic policy, manages a standard for plastic waste recovery projects, and advises Governments and companies on plastic responsibility and the circular economy. She serves on the Steering Committee of the PREVENT Waste Alliance.

Stefanie previously led the market transformation team at WWF-Singapore delivering impact across key environmental issues. Her prior expertise was in leading partnerships, sales and marketing activities in the media, automotive and licensing industry.

Stefanie  studied international business administration and participated in the Directorship Programme at Singapore Management University. Stefanie lived in Asia, South America and Europe, is fluent in German, English, and Italian, and loves travelling and hiking with her family.

Head of Operations and Programs

PRO Circularity Alliance

Julia Gawlik is an expert in Extended Producer Responsibility working at the intersection of policy and implementation. In her current role, she focuses on policy advisory in the context of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and is part of the Secretariat of the PRO Circularity Alliance in Brussels, representing Producer Responsibility Organisations across waste streams at EU level.

Director

Social Lab

Rahul Juware is driven by a strong commitment to embedding social impact into business solutions, which led him to enter the circular economy domain with a focus on waste management. Trained as both an engineer and a management professional, he has built his career around advancing sustainable and practical approaches to resource use.

As the founder of Social Lab Environmental Solutions, he champions the idea that waste management requires localized, context-specific solutions rather than a one-size-fits-all model. Under his leadership, the company collaborates with municipalities, private sector actors, and international organizations on waste management, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance, and sustainability reporting.

Currently, he is focused on developing a packaging reuse ecosystem that is economically viable, environmentally sustainable, and aligned with regulatory frameworks—demonstrating how circular economy principles can be translated into scalable, real-world impact.