Programme and Speakers

13.30 Welcome and introduction
13:40-14:20 First Session “PET monomer recycling – how does it fit in the bigger picture of PET circularity?” moderated by Christian Crepet (Petcore Europe)
Link to the Circular Plastics Alliance – Stephen Short (Petcore Europe)
Making all PET waste valuable raw material – feedstock challenges for PET monomer recycling – Martin Stephan (Carbios)
Monomer recycling as one of the circularity pillars of PET – Marco Brons (Cumapol)
Q&A session
14:20-15:00 Second Session “Making all PET waste valuable raw material – feedstock challenges for PET monomer recycling” moderated by Stephen Short (Petcore Europe)
View from the Italian EPR – Antonello Ciotti (Corepla)
Market analysis of feedstock availability in Europe and possible solutions thanks to monomer recycling – Romain Roux (Axens, subsidiary of IFPEN)
Challenges in collection, sorting and processing textile waste – Jeroen Bulk (Ioniqa)
Q&A session
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:10 Third Session “Legislative Challenges to overcome for Circular PET”
moderated by Martin Stephan
Introduction to the topic – John Baker (Alpek Polyester)
Presentation on food contact regulation and PET Monomer recycling – Wim Hoenderdaal (Petcore Europe)
Q&A session
16:10-17:00 Forth Session: Presentation on LCA by CE Delft and Q&A session moderated by Wim Hoenderdaal
Development of a tool to compare CFP of various recycling routes compared to the linear model – Geert Bergsma (CE Delft)
Preliminary results of comparing PET monomer recycling with virgin, mechanical recycling and incineration with energy recovery – Wim Hoenderdaal
Q&A session
17:00 Closing

Registration:
The Forum will be open for members and non-members of Petcore Europe, with different participation fees. Registrations will open in September.