EMMANUELLE Maire, head of unit ‘Circular economy, Sustainable Production and Consumption’, DG Environment, European Commission has been announced as the keynote speaker for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe’s conference at RAI Amsterdam in June.
She will join Ton Emans, president of Plastics Recyclers Europe, for the opening session examining The way forward for plastic recycling in Europe.
The event’s two-day conference programme, taking place across two theatres, will cover key issues currently facing the plastic recycling value chain. Iindustry figures already confirmed to speak include:
- Hugo-Maria Schally – Adviser for international environmental negotiations, DG Environment, European Commission
- Feliks Bezati – Global circular packaging director, Mars
- Gian De Belder – Technical director – R&D packaging sustainability, Procter & Gamble
- Adrian Sen, Sr. Packaging sustainability & innovation manager, Colgate-Palmolive
- Therese Litsin – Raw material leader plastics and chemicals, IKEA
- Dragos Popa – Principal, Roland Berger
- Scott R. Trenor – Technical director, The Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR)
Conference sessions will cover political, legislative, market and technological developments in plastics recycling. Key topics will include the future of plastic recycling in Europe, market analysis and forecasts, and in-depth analysis of the EU legislative landscape. In particular, the spotlight will be on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), alongside dedicated sessions on measures to achieve recycled content targets and explore the latest advancements in chemical recycling.
In parallel, panel discussions will promote the debate on possible strategies for enhancing and harmonising collection and sorting, design for recycling, and the latest updates on the advancement of plastics circularity on a global scale.
Plastic streams focus sessions will tackle the challenges, issues and opportunities in the recycling of PET, PO films, PVC, HDPE, PP and ELV & WEEE.
PRS Europe event sponsors will also give papers on a range of innovations in plastics recycling technology and the wider circular economy.
