Programme and Speakers

13:30 Welcome and introduction Christian Crepet

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)

Enhanced Recycling as one of the circularity pillars of PET – Marco Brons (CuRe Technology)

10 minutes discussion

14:20-15:00 Second Session: "Making all PET waste valuable raw material – feedstock challenges for PET monomer recycling" moderator Christian Crepet

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)

10 minutes discussion

15:00-15:30 Break

15:30-16:10 Third Session: “Legislative Challenges to overcome for Circular PET" moderated by Wim Hoenderdaal (Petcore Europe)

Introduction to the topic – John Baker (Alpek Polyester)

Presentation on food contact regulation and PET Monomer recycling – Wim Hoenderdaal

10 minutes discussion

16:10-17:00 Fourth Session: Presentation on LCA by CE Delft and Q&A session moderated by Wim Hoenderdaal

Development of a tool to compare CFP of various chemical recycling routes compared to the linear model incl. incineration and energy recovery – Geert Bergsma (CE Delft)

Preliminary results of comparing PET monomer recycling with virgin and mechanical recycling – Jesper van Berkel (Indorama)

10 minutes discussion

17:00 Closing