Workshop moderator:
Hear from key industry leaders, polymer producers, waste management, brand owners, end users and other stakeholders. The interactive workshop will be driven by debate, conversation, learning and will provide an exclusive opportunity to find out more about and explore the future of different chemical recycling technologies and developments pushing chemical recycling to the forefront of the circular economy.
This interactive workshop will provide an exclusive opportunity for the entire value chain to find out more about and discuss the following topics:
Who should attend?
Everyone who is affected by this perhaps new road to recycling i.e. brand owners, converters, technology providers, material suppliers, regulators, NGOs, academics and more...
13:30 Introduction by workshop moderators:
Joachim Quoden, Lawyer and Managing Director, EXPRA, Europe
Dr. Gerald Rebitzer, Sustainability Director, Amcor
13:40 Market trends and developments in chemical recycling
Alexander Röder, Climate & Production Director, Plastics Europe
14:00 Environmental and economic assessment of plastic waste recycling – A comparison between mechanical, physical, chemical recycling
and energy recovery
Dr. Pelayo Garcia-Gutierrez, Policy Officer, European Commission – Joint Research Centre
14:20 An industry perspective
Dr. Gerald Rebitzer, Sustainability Director, Amcor
14:40 Current discussions of mass balance & chemical recycling in upcoming EU regulations
Christian Krueger, Head of Advocacy Chemical Recycling, BASF
15:00 Certification for the circular economy and the integration of chemical recycling via mass balance approaches
Jan M. Dr. Henke, Managing Director, ISCC System GmbH
15:20 Networking break
15:35 New advanced recycling technologies and business concepts
Chantal Semaan, Application Technology Manager CP, Borealis
15:55 Making chemical recycling sustainable: Shell’s upgrading capabilities
Bart Suijkerbuijk, GM Europe for Plastics and Chemical Circularity, Shell
16:15 How to increase recycling rates and achieve recycled content targets with chemical recycling
Adela Putinelu, Head of Policy and Sustainability, Plastic Energy
16:35 Panel discussion and Q&A: Minimum recycled content targets versus (member state) recycling targets - will they match?
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17:10 Wrap-up
17:15 End of workshop
Ticket Price: €349+VAT