PRS Europe publishes full programme for 2025 Conference

The full conference programme for this year’s Plastics Recycling Show Europe, taking place at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 1-2 April 2025, has been published. The keynote session will include an address by Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission. Marieke Koekkoek, Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Volt Nederland will be joining the keynote session on the first day as well. More than 60 speakers covering all the key issues facing the plastic recycling value chain in Europe and beyond will set the scene in the event’s two theatres. Registration for the conference and exhibition is free until 1 March 2025 and will be charged at €50 thereafter.

Speakers representing major European and global brands include IKEA’s Raw Material Leader Plastics and Chemical, Therese Litsin; Aldi’s Global Circular Packaging Manager, Hannah Drew and Procter & Gamble’s Technical Director – R&D Packaging Sustainability, Gian De Belder.

In addition, recently confirmed speakers from across the plastics value chain include:

•             Tom Houpeline, Vice President Polymers / Low Carbon Solutions, TotalEnergies

•             Gerben Hieminga, Senior Economist, ING

•             Remi Le Grand, Director of Sales & Marketing, Max-AI®

•             Marco Brons, Chief Technology Officer, CURE Project

•             Erica Canaia, CEO, FIMIC

•             Scott Coleman, President and CEO, Revolution  

This year, the two-day conference programme will take place in Halls 1 and 5 at RAI to welcome the increasing number of visitors. The programme includes core sessions on overcoming the challenges in EU plastic recycling, unlocking key legislative files for the sector such as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), and building synergies between mechanical and chemical recycling. Also covered in depth will be the market outlook as well as future challenges and trends in achieving recycled content goals.

Interactive panel discussions moderated by European plastics recycling experts will examine the global roadmap for plastics recycling, strategies to scale up collection and sorting, traceability in recycled content, and the latest innovations in recycling technologies. Dedicated materials focus sessions will tackle the state-of-play in the recycling of PET, polyolefin films, PVC, HDPE, PP, PS and ELV & WEEE.

PRSE event sponsors will also give papers on a wide range of innovations in plastics recycling technology and the wider circular economy, including:

•             Opal Infinity Zeolites – Catalyzing Advanced Recycling by Fariha Avais, Senior Manager New Business Development and Nate Roeckel, Senior Research Chemist, Ecovyst-Zeolyst

•             Advancing closed-loop polymers: circular design & digital traceability for a sustainable future by Pierrick Cassin, Managing Partner, Circular Identity

•             Advanced solutions for high-quality circular plastics – how to accelerate technology development? by Mika Härkönen, Professor of Practice and Ilkka Rytöluoto, Senior Scientist, VTT Research Finland

•             The importance of regionality and complementarity of recycling technologies to enable true circularity for plastics by Eric Dehouck, General Manager, Eastman Circular Solutions France

Visit the PRS Europe website to register to attend the exhibition and conference. For full details of the conference programme and to register to attend visit the PRSE website: www.prseventeurope.com