CIMPA (A CIrcular Multilayer Plastic Approach for value retention of end-of-life multilayer films) is an EU-funded H2020 project working on developing a recycling value chain for post-industrial and post-consumer multilayer films (from food and agricultural applications).
The project will shortly be holding its final event where it will showcase its key findings. There will also be information on clustering initiatives on circular plastics and recommendations from policy makers, industry leaders, researchers and NGOs on unlocking the potential of plastic film recycling. The event will conclude with an opportunity for networking and a poster session highlighting new technologies which can enhance plastics recycling.
Over the last 3 and a half years, the CIRCULAR FoodPack consortium has worked on circular design for flexible packaging. It has demonstrated the various steps required to obtain post-consumer recyclates and shown how to integrate them into new packaging which meets the high standards for food protection and safety.
Attend their final event and see what they learned!
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.
