Plastics Recycling Show Europe opens April 10, 2019
The two-day Plastics Recycling Show Europe exhibition and conference taking place in Hall 7 at the RAI Amsterdam opens to visitors at 10.00 am on April 10. Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2019 will be announced from 12.35 pm onwards on the second day of the event, April 11.
In the exhibition more than 120 companies and organisations from across Europe will be showing new ways to recycle plastics, technologies to improve recycling processes and new applications for recycled plastics. Thousands of plastics industry professionals from across Europe and further afield are expected to attend the event, which has grown rapidly since it was first held in 2017.
The Plastics Recycling Show Europe conference will be officially opened by Kęstutis Sadauskas, Director Circular Economy and Green Growth DG Environment at the European Commission. The informative and inspirational summit will address the many challenges and opportunities that face the plastic recycling industry in Europe. Prominent speakers include:
- Gilonne Traub, Senior Research Analyst, New Plastics Economy at the Ellen Macarthur Foundation
- Ivan Filatkin, ESSA R&D Packaging Productivity & Sustainability Manager, PepsiCo, Inc. R&D Europe
- Helmut Maurer, Senior Expert – Chemicals, European Commission
- Gian De Belder, Principal Scientist – Packaging R&D, Procter & Gamble
- Per Stoltz IKEA’s Head of Resources and Waste, Sustainability Group, IKEA
- John Ortiz; Director of Product Stewardship, HP Inc
- Eelco Smit, Senior Director Sustainability, Philips International
- Herman Huisman, Senior Advisor, International Cooperation in Waste Management, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands
Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2019
The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe ceremony takes place in the conference theatre at the show from 12.35 on 11 April. The Awards are given in 7 categories and this year’s finalists demonstrate the latest technological developments and innovative solutions intended for improving efficiency and the quality of recycling processes, and in turn making plastic products circular. They will be displayed in the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe’s Recycled Product Theatre. The award categories this year are:
- Building & Construction Product of the Year
- Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product of the Year
- Household & Leisure Product of the Year
- Plastic Packaging Product of the Year
- Product Technology Innovation of the Year
- Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year
- and Plastics Recycling Ambassador of the Year
