4th Recycled Packaging for Food Contact,

24-25 May, 2023 - Porto, HYBRID

Hilton Porto Gaia

08:25

Chairman's Remarks

08:30

Revision of the EU Packaging Waste Directive

Does it align with the 2030 packaging recycled content targets ?

Dr. Wolfgang Trunk, Policy Officer, DG Environment

European Commission

09:05

Circular by Purpose

Perreau Benoit, Markets & Clients Director - Solid Waste

Veolia Environmental Services

09:35

Drivers for FMCG companies towards more sustainability for packaging

Hans Van Bochove, Chairman

EUROPEN

10:05

Discussion followed by Morning Coffee

10:40

Panel Discussion: Collaborating along the plastics chain across different sectors towards a common goal

Moderated by:

Antonello Ciotti, President

PET Containers Recycling Europe - PETCORE Europe

Panelists:

Hans Van Bochove, Chairman

EUROPEN

Perreau Benoit, Markets & Clients Director - Solid Waste

Veolia Environmental Services

Hannah Drew, Global Circular Packaging Manager

Aldi Sud KG

12:00

Discussion followed by Lunch

13:50

Chairman’s Remark

14:00

Sustainable Packaging Solutions

  • Solutions from recycled to bio based

Marisa Alves, Chief Procurement Officer

Intraplas SA - Indústria Transformadora de Plásticos

14:40

Analytical challenges and migration test to determine the contamination level of PCR (paper & plastics) used behind functional barriers

Dr. Thomas Gude, Deputy Head Food/Non-Food Division

SQTS - Swiss Quality Testing Services

15:10

Discussion followed by Tea

15:50

Accelerating the transition to refillable and reusable packaging in the EU

 

Fernando Rodríguez-Mata, Director General

New European Reuse Alliance

16:20

Innovations in food grade rPP and recycled flexible films

Prof. Edward Kosior, CEO and Founder

Nextek Limited

17:00

Discussion and Close of Day 1

08:50

Chairman’s Remark

09:00

The Recycled Plastics Regulation 2022/1616: what does this mean for recyclers?

  • Overview and obligations for recyclers
  • Related timelines
  • What about chemical recycling?

Rachida Semail, Partner

Keller & Heckman LLP

09:45

How to improve the reliability of recycled plastics for food contact

Dr. Lionel Spack, Senior Food Contact Materials Expert

Nestle Suisse SA

10:20

Discussion followed by Morning Coffee

10:50

Complying with US FDA for food contact materials with focus on packaging with recycled content

Inviting: Senior Representative
USFDA

11:20

Chemically recycled high quality polyamide for food contact

 

Dr. Paul Neumann, Business Development Circular Polyamide

BASF SE

11:50

Transforming non-food polyesters to food grade quality monomers – potentials of back-to-monomer recycling

Prof. Dr. Stephan Scholl, Head of Institute

Technische Universität Braunschweig - TU Braunschweig

12:20

Food Contact regulations in the UK with respect to recycled content packaging

- FSA's role in meeting the responsibilities introduced by New Regulation 2022/1616 and how UK packaging operators can comply

Timothy Chandler, Senior Policy Advisor - Food Contact Materials

Food Standards Agency

12:50

Discussion followed by Lunch . End of conference.

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