Plastic Matters – Securing Resources in Europe: Innovations in Collection, Sorting, and Recycling

Organized by essenscia PolyMatters, this Plastic Matters event will take place on April 24, 2025 in Brussels. It highlights innovative solutions to secure Europe’s resources, particularly through advancements in collection, sorting, and recycling of plastics. The aim is to explore how these developments contribute to a more sustainable system and improve resource circularity in Europe.

Detailed Program:

• 12:00 PM – Networking Lunch

• 1:00 PM – Welcome and Introduction (Inge / Saskia)

• 1:05 PM – “Balancing the plastics system’s transition with restoring EU’s competitiveness” (Katharina Schlegel, Plastics Europe)

• 1:20 PM – “Advancing sorting & digitalisation of the waste industry: The HolyGrail Initiative” (Margherita Trombetti, AIM)

• 1:40 PM – “How to determine the right (dry) sorting techniques for your (plastics) recycling process” (Lars Van Volsem / Lybover)

• 2:00 PM – “Filao: How Partnership can help optimizing and securing Recycled plastic Value Chain” (Didier Desoleil, Veolia)

• 2:20 PM – Interactive debate with initial speakers

• 2:40 PM – Break

• 3:00 PM – “Physical Recycling: a broad set of options to increase quality of plastic recycling without breaking polymer chains” (Steven De Meester, UGent)

• 3:20 PM – “Advanced PVC recycling technology development” (Eric Romers, Ineos Inovyn)

• 3:40 PM – “Chemical Recycling: status update of P2C project” (Korneel Van Aelst, Indaver)

• 4:00 PM – Interactive debate with speakers

• 4:20 PM – Round-up

Note: The event is free for members and €150 for non-members. To avoid food waste, no-shows without timely cancellation will be charged €100.