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PLASTICS RECYCLING SHOW EUROPE 2026 CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME PUBLISHED
Roswall, European Commissioner for
Environment, Water Resilience and
a Competitive Circular Economy, and
Ton Emans, President of Plastics Re-
cyclers Europe.
According to the programme, core
sessions will address measures to re-
store the competitiveness of Europe-
an plastics recycling and to implement
EU regulatory frameworks in a way
that ensures fair competition in the
market. The debates will also focus
on turning policy objectives into prac-
tical implementation and on creating
he preliminary conference programme investment conditions that support in-
for the event accompanying the Plastics novation and growth across the entire plastics
TRecycling Show Europe has been pub- recycling value chain.
lished ahead of its return to the RAI Amster-
dam exhibition centre on 5–6 May 2026. The Speakers From The Plastics And Recycling In-
organisers emphasise that the 10th anniversary dustries
edition will focus on restoring the competitive- The organisers have already confirmed the par-
ness of the European plastics recycling sector. ticipation of a number of representatives of lead-
The programme covers regulatory issues as well ing companies and organisations involved in re-
as topics related to technological innovation cycling and plastics processing. The announced
and market development, and the sessions are speakers include, among others:
scheduled across two parallel conference thea-
tres. The event will also feature the Plastics Re- ♦ Kristin Geidenmark Olofsson, Raw Material
cycling Awards Europe ceremony. Leader Recycled Polymers, Ikea
Opening Keynote: From Crisis To Competitive- ♦ Marta Iglesias Émbil, Head of Product Envi-
ness ronmental Affairs / R&D, Seat, S.A.
The opening keynote is entitled From Crisis to ♦ Gian De Belder, Technical Director – Packag-
Competitiveness: Re-Building the European ing Sustainability, Procter & Gamble
Plastics Recycling Industry and is intended to set ♦ Virginia Janssens, Managing Director, Plas-
the main directions of discussion for both days tics Europe
of the event. The keynote will feature Jessika
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