We kindly invite you to our next Plastic Matters event on on October 3rd at our office building in Brussels.
This event is co-organised with Denuo and aims to stimulate circularity of the Belgian plastics industry. The ever-increasing demand on recycled plastics is more and more revealing the need for more collection of plastic containing material to recycle.
“A new future for sustainable plastics: Getting started with circular design”
Enhancing the circularity of the plastic value chain goes beyond just increasing plastic waste collection and recycling efforts. It begins at the very start: considering the end-of-life impact of products during the design phase of new products.
Plastic Matters will introduce you to the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), will share insights from a professor of Materials Science and Product Development at the University of Antwerp, and provide a retour of experiences from Pack4Food and Circular Design in Plastics.
You will be able to delve deeper into the subject through a series of practical and challenging exercises and hear interesting testimonials from companies who have already re-evaluated their product design.
Programme
- 12:00 – Welcome and lunch
- 13:00 – Introduction (Saskia Walraedt, Director, essenscia Polymatters)
- 13:05 – Introduction to the Eco-Design for Sustainable Products Regulation (Ann Dierckx, Director Innovation and Circular Economy, essenscia)
- 13:30 – Circular Design in Plastics : promoting ecodesign across the plastic value chain (Rosina Giordano, Circular Economy Coordinator, Plastiwin)
- 13:55 – Sprint to sustainable food packaging: opportunities & challenges (Angelique Vandemoortele, Project Manager, Pack4Food)
- 14:20 – Coffee Break
- 14:35 – How to implement ecodesign in practice (Karine Van Doorsselaer, senior lecturer in ecodesign and materials, Antwerp University)
- 15:00 – Round tables with practical exercises
- 15:55 – End (Inge Dewitte, Advisor Plastic Recycling, Denuo)
Keen to discover more? Please register here!