Plastics Recycling Show Europe opens on June 22
The two-day Plastics Recycling Show Europe exhibition and conference taking place at the RAI Amsterdam opens to visitors at 9.30 am on June 22. This year’s event is set to be the biggest ever with over 200 exhibitors and more than 40 expert speakers. Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 will also be announced on June 23rd.
The two-day event draws together contributions from EU political leaders and every part of the plastics industry from major brands to material suppliers, plastics recycling machinery and equipment suppliers, plastics recyclers and waste management specialists.
Companies and organisations from across Europe will be showing new technologies and applications for recycled plastics. Thousands of industry professionals are expected to attend the event, which has grown rapidly since it was first held in 2017.
Among the exhibitors will be Powerfil, a business unit of recycling machine manufacturer EREMA GmbH, launching a new high performance melt filter; REPI is expanding its portfolio of additives for PET recycling with the brand new Stabiplus line, its latest solution to boost a circular economy in polymer recycling; FIMIC is profiling its range of five different melt filter models suitable for highly contaminated plastic materials including post-industrial and post-consumer plastics; Sesotec presents its new Varisort+ Flex sorting module, developed to separate mixed material streams into separate fractions using up to three sensors for C (colour), M (metal) and N (plastics); CHT Group will present intelligent auxiliaries for quality improvement and process optimisation in the aqueous plastics cleaning process; Gneuss will present three extrusion technologies for closed loop recycling: the Gneuss Process Unit (GPU), the MRSjump Extruder and the JUMP polyreactor; Nordsonis highlighting a new feature for its BKG continuous melt filters: melt pressure controlled venting start, which provides increased pressure consistency for all kinds of polymers and contamination levels; Barcelona-based Altero will show its latest pelletizing lines for recycling of post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste.
Conference Highlights
The free-to-attend conference will cover the latest political and legislative developments in plastics recycling in Europe. Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Environment at the European Commission will deliver the opening keynote, entitled EU policy measures in support of plastic recycling. Other prominent speakers include:
- Bastiaan Schupp, Legislative Officer, DG SANTE – DG for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
- Marco ten Bruggencate, President, Plastics Europe
- Yvonne Lievens, Senior Manager Quality & Compliance, Mattel Sustainability
- Timothy Glaz, Head of Corporate Affairs, Werner & Mertz
- Ceren Yargıcı Kovancı, Senior Specialist at Arçelik
Materials focus conference sessions will explore the challenges, issues and opportunities within the sector for mechanical recycling, covering PET, PVC and Technical Plastics, polyolefin waste streams, PP and PS recycling.
The winners of all seven award categories at the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 will be announced in the conference theatre from 12.45 pm onwards on the second day. All finalists will be showcased in the exhibition running throughout the event.
The Plastics Recycling Show Europe is designed specifically for plastics recycling professionals. It brings together key players from the plastics and recycling sectors to showcase innovative technology, share best practices, network and do business.
