PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD EXHIBITION | EVENT PREVIEW
Panel discussions at Plastics Recycling World Exhibition in June will cover the EU’s new Plastics Strategy and issues in WEEE, ELV and packaging recycling
Experts to debate plastics recycling challenges
Companies and organisations at the forefront of plastics recycling will discuss challenges faced by the industry in a series of free-to-attend debates during the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition in Essen, Germany on 27-28 June. The line-up of panellists includes experts from global brand owners, major plastics recyclers, regulatory compliance firms and technical R&D groups. The conference at the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition gets going on 27 June 2018 with a debate about the EU’s Plastics Strategy announced in January, when panellists will the question the strategy’s implications for companies along the plastics recycling value chain. The regulatory focus on packaging waste will make it interesting to hear the comments of Silvia Campos, global scientific and regulatory affairs risk assessment manager at The Coca-Cola Company. Providing an expert legal view will be Anna Gergely, director at Steptoe & Johnson. The response of the plastics recycling industry to the EU strategy will come from two large companies in the sector. RPC-BPI Group, one of Europe’s top producers and recyclers of plastic packaging, is represented by Mike Baxter,
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external affairs director. Also adding to the debate is Chris Slijkhuis, public affairs and e-waste director at Müller-Guttenbrunn Group, a leading plastics recycler. The second debate will focus on an important
market for plastics, the automotive sector, when panellists will discuss End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) plastics recycling. Companies that are leaders in this demanding area will discuss the opportunities and challenges open to plastics recyclers. Peter Wiedemann, general manager at Wipag Deutschland, will discuss the work of his company in ELV plastics. Another major recycler will be represented by Roger Beuting, managing director at Van Scherpenzeel Group, which was acquired in 2017 by Veolia, one of Europe’s largest waste management groups, as part of its expansion into plastics recycling. The panel also includes Jan Diemert, deputy director in the Department for Polymer-Engineering at Fraunhofer Institute ICT, part of Germany’s highly regarded R&D network. Day two of the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition
on 28 June sees an expert panel ponder questions around plastic packaging recycling, specifically:
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