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EuPC and FoodDrinkEurope organise a unique seminar

European Plastics Converters (EuPC) and FoodDrinkEurope invite you to a joint seminar on how to ensure the sustainability of food contact plastic materials and articles, whilst maintaining their safety for consumers. This seminar will identify the key challenges and opportunities for the food and drink industry, such as how it can contribute to the EU sustainability objectives and meet their legal obligations in terms of consumer safety. Join the discussion together with the European Commission, plastic packaging manufacturers, food and drink producers, research institutions and other stakeholders on 23-24 April 2020, in Brussels. 

LATEST PROGRAMME

Thursday, 23 April 2020

  • 09.00 - 09.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Registration & welcome coffee

THE ROLE OF PLASTIC PACKAGING TO PROTECT OUR FOOD 

  • 09.30 - 09.50 ​ ​ ​ ​ Why does effective packaging design matter for food products? ​
    ​    Speaker to be confirmed, Ferrero
  • 09.50 - 10.10 ​ ​ ​ ​ How is plastic used in food packaging and what alternatives exist? ​
    ​    Peter Ragaert, University of Gent
  • 10.10 - 10.40 ​ ​ ​ ​ What is the EU strategy towards plastic? ​
    ​    Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Unit B.3 Waste Management and Secondary Materials, DG Environment, European Commission
  • 10.40 - 11.00 ​ ​ ​ ​ Coffee break 
  • 11.00 - 12.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ Panel 1: How can we ensure more sustainable and circular use of plastics? ​
    ​    Peter Ragaert, University of Gent; Joan Marc Simon, Rethink Plastics Coalition; and others
  • 12.30 - 13.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ Lunch

THE TRANSITION TO MORE SUSTAINABLE PLASTIC USE 

  • 13.30 - 15.00 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Panel 2: How can products be designed for circularity? ​
    ​    Vincent Colard, CITEO; Jenna Koenneke, Henkel; Speaker to be confirmed, Eunomia; Jana Wilwock, Europen, Holger Kliesch, Mitsubishi Polyester Film
  • 15.00 - 15.20 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Coffee break
  • 15.20 - 16.00 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ How will EU regulations evolve for plastic recycling? ​
    ​    DG Santé, European Commission
  • 16.00 - 17.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Panel 3: What can we do to increase the recycled content of plastic packaging without jeopardising food safety? ​
    ​    Jorge Rafael Alava Gutierrez, Nestlé; Eugenio Longo, Head of sustainability & EU affairs, Borealis; Alexandre Feigenbaum, ITOSOP FCM
  • 17.30 - 17.40 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Reflections from the day
  • 17.40 - 19.00 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Cocktail reception

Friday, 24 April 2020

  • 08.30 - 09.00 ​ ​ ​ ​ Registration & welcome coffee

PLASTIC PACKAGING IN 2050 - A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE 

  • 09.00 - 09.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ How does the risk assessment of recycling work today and will it change in the future? ​
    ​    Alexandre Feigenbaum, ITOSOP FCM
  • 9.30 - 10.00 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ What new packaging technologies are emerging?
    ​    Speaker to be confirmed
  • 10.00 - 10.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ How will recycling flexible and multimaterial packaging evolve?
    ​    Speaker to be confirmed
  • 10.30 - 10.50 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Coffee break
  • 10.50 - 12.20 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Panel 4: What will plastic packaging look like in 2050? ​
    ​    Arno Mooren, Unilever; Mohammad Hayatifar, Secretary General, Chemical Recycling Europe; and others
  • 12.20 - 12.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Closing remarks FoodDrinkEurope and EUPC
  • 12.30 - 13.30 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Lunch ​ ​ ​ ​ 

REGISTER HERE! ​ ​ ​ ​ 

Do not miss the European Food Contact Plastics Seminar 2020.

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Polymer Comply Europe (PCE) is a service provider for the plastics industry specialised in EU legislation. Since 1989 we have been closely working with the industry developing an in-depth knowledge and wide experience in EU Regulatory Compliance, Association Management and Projects & Studies.

Due to the increasing complexity of EU legislation, companies can benefit from more legal and technical advice. Companies involved in the plastics industry can get support on how to cope with this burden and our experts can provide you with the best expertise. You will receive informed advice from our best EU experts. For this we decided to develop a pool of EU plastics experts under our service company Polymer Comply Europe, based in Brussels.

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