The Horizon Europe POLYMEER project aims to establish a sustainable bio-based value chain for bioplastic products. By efficiently converting wet brewers’ spent grain into high added value materials, it is endeavouring to diversify the array of innovative material solutions capable of replacing traditional plastics.
Purman Recycling and Processing Ltd. has developed the purman® method, a mechanical recycling process for rigid polyurethane (PU) and polyisocyanurate (PIR) foams.
Recycling Flexible Packaging will focus on finding circular solutions to the problem of flexible plastic waste.
It is intendedfor professionals involved in the design, production, regulation or recycling of flexible packaging, and will be a chance to gain insights into the latest breakthroughs and stay ahead of present or future legislative changes.
Feedstocks for Plastics Recycling will focus on unlocking the value of Europe’s plastics waste streams. It will be an opportunity to explore the challenges and possibilities of acquiring feedstock for recycling in Europe.
Chemical recycling is big and set to get bigger - after all, it helps overcome the limitations of traditional plastics recycling (and we have so much plastic to recycle...).
However, there are still problems and this event will address the challenges and opportunities facing the development of these emerging technologies and their integration into the supply chain.
BIOFAST is a research project working on bioplastics. They aimed to make bioplastics degrade more quickly in composting environments - and they succeeded. Read all about it!
The annual seminar of the PlastLIFE project for a sustainable circular economy of plastics will focus on "Unlocking plastics recycling, reuse, business and product development".
There will be presentations on the work done in the PlastLIFE project focusing on artificial turfs, lengthening the lifetime of products and reducing waste, and product and business development.
The 2024 ASEAN Circular Economy Forum (ACEF2024) will focus on Guiding the Transition – ASEAN and EU Approaches to Circular Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
The Forum aims to support innovation and entrepreneurship for a circular transition, showcase existing circular economy practices in the ASEAN region and build on ASEAN's traditions and values for a circular transition.
The Green Deal, Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology Symposium 2024 will take place on 5-6 December at the MSH Clermont in Clermont-Ferrand. It will bring together researchers and practitioners who will present their research on industrial ecology and circular economy.
The European Sustainability Congress 2024 is one of the biggest international events focusing on the circular economy and sustainable development.
It aims to promote the idea of the circular economy, support sustainable business models and establish cooperation between interested stakeholders. The Congress will be the focal point of Circular Week 2024 and is organised by INNOWO - Institute for Innovation and Responsible Development and Polish Circular Hotspot, in cooperation with the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.
