This petition calls for a change to the current EU policy which allows imported plastic waste to count toward European recycling targets, creating a gap between reported progress and real circularity.
The Rethinking Materials Summit will bring together brands, innovators, investors and policymakers to explore the next frontier of materials innovation.
It is an opportunity for targeted networking, curated deal flow, live pitches and fresh tech discovery across the value chain.
The TREASoURcE project's final conference will showcase territorial and regional demonstrations of systemic circular economy solutions in plastics, batteries, and biobased waste and side streams.
Find out about practical solutions, tools and strategies tailored for policy makers, industry, cities, researchers and civil society – and take home actionable approaches for your region, sector or organisation.
AIMPLAS held its 9th International Seminar on Biopolymers and Sustainable Composites earlier this week. It was an opportunity for technical debate on regulation, certification and innovation in the field of biopolymers. Have a look at the innovations presented!
The Go Circular Summit brings together stakeholders from across the plastics value chain to review regulatory developments, exchange information on current practices and innovations, and discuss approaches to advancing circularity in Europe.
There will also be a preconference day focusing on textiles recycling!
This conference will present leading solutions and innovations for replacing fossil carbon with biomass, CO₂ utilisation and recycling.
There will be three days of discussions and presentations, focusing on the defossilisation of the chemical industry, fossil-free plastics, and policies, frameworks and regenerative business models.
Bio-based plastics are wholly or partly derived from biomass and so help reduce reliance on fossil fuel-based plastics.
Feedstocks include primary and secondary sources. Agricultural and forestry residues and post-consumption organic waste have lower environmental impacts than primary feedstock but collection and transportation issues make scaling up a challenge.
As a whole, the sector is struggling to achieve real scale: bio-based plastics account for only 0.5% of global plastics production and are projected to reach 1% by 2030.
Scaling is hampered by feedstock sustainability, competitiveness, technological maturity and cost: currently, producing bio-plastic is generally 1.5 to 2 times more expensive than conventional plastics.
The RECREATE project aims to come up with innovative technologies which will turn end-of-life composite waste into useful feedstock.
This conference will explore trends in the EU composites market and highlight applications across sectors such as automotive, wind energy, aerospace, transport, construction, naval industries and sports.
This event will bring together circular economy leaders, pioneers, practitioners, explorers and researchers across industries and supply chains to celebrate circularity.
Participants will share opportunities, good practices, real-life cases and lessons learned from implementing the circular economy.
