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♦ Yvonne van Veen, Head of Advocacy, Ineos ♦ Driving sustainable demand for recyclates
through voluntary pledges,
♦ Ermis Panagiotopoulos, Business Develop-
ment Manager, Indorama ♦ Securing predictable recycling feedstock
supply,
♦ Manfred Hackl, CEO, Erema Group
♦ Eliminating structural greenwashing,
The speakers represent various parts of the value
chain, from manufacturers of end products and ♦ The importance of traceability in global plas-
brand owners, through industry associations, to tics trade.
technology and raw material suppliers. This is in-
tended to enable a multifaceted discussion on The aim of these discussions is to facilitate the
the recycling market, demand for recyclates and exchange of experience between representa-
conditions for investment development. tives of industry, public authorities and trade or-
ganisations, as well as to identify possible cours-
Thematic Sessions And New Recycling Areas es of action to support the development of the
recycling market in Europe.
In addition to the core sessions, the conference
will include a block dedicated to specific market Plastics Recycling Awards Europe And Spon-
sectors and their related opportunities and bar- sor Presentations
riers to further increasing circularity. Discussions
are planned on opportunities and challenges The programme will also include the annual
in various industries in which plastics and recy- Plastics Recycling Awards Europe ceremony,
clates play an increasingly important role. at which projects and solutions considered par-
ticularly important for the development of the
For the first time, the Plastics Recycling Show European plastics recycling industry will be rec-
Europe programme includes a dedicated mod- ognised. The awards aim to highlight innova-
ule on polyurethane recycling. One of the speak- tions and achievements in recycling, recyclate
ers in this block will be Michel Baumgartner, applications and product design for the circular
Director General of Europur. The inclusion of economy.
polyurethane recycling in the agenda indicates
a broadening of the conference scope to cover A significant part of the programme will also be
additional material groups. filled by presentations from Plastics Recycling
Show Europe sponsors. These papers will cover
Panel Discussions And Key Topics For The Re- a wide spectrum of innovations in plastics recy-
cycling Market cling technologies and solutions related to the
circular economy. ExxonMobil and NGR World
An important part of the programme will be in- are gold event sponsors. Silver sponsors include
teractive panel discussions devoted to issues Eastman, Fimic, Axens, SK Functional Polymer
currently considered crucial for the development (SKFP), Schneider, Indaver, Trinseo, Sacmi, Lind-
of European plastics recycling. The announced ner and VTT Research Finland.
topics include, among others:
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♦ Innovation-driven investment,
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