Call for papers
Posted on August, 21 2014
IdentiPlast, the European benchmark event for plastics waste recycling & recovery
Since 1997, IdentiPlast, the number 1 event in Europe dealing with the recycling and recovery of plasticswaste, has established itself a Centre of Excellence where "Best Practices” in the management ofplastics waste are exchanged between all relevant stakeholders.
For the past 18 years, IdentiPlast, organised by PlasticsEurope, ACC1, PWMI2, EPIC3 and in partnership with epro4 has provided the audience with a forum where experience and know-how of identifying, sorting, recycling and recovery of plastics from different waste streams were shared.
(1American Chemistry Council (ACC),2 Plastic Waste Management Institute (PWMI, Japan), 3Environment and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC, Canada), 4European Association of Plastics Recycling (epro))
After London, Madrid, Warsaw and Paris, IdentiPlast will continue its tour in Europe and will head towards its next destination: Rome on 29 and 30 April 2015.
IdentiPlast 2015 will gather leading international experts who will share their knowledge so as toidentify the key drivers to reach a zero plastics waste society and to analyse its role within thecircular economy.
Why participate?
The European Commission is launching a flagship initiative to pave the way towards a circular economy as it prepares the ground "Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programmefor Europe" to establish a common and coherent EU framework to promote the circular economy.
IdentiPlast 2015 will provide a dynamic forum where delegates will discuss and identify the challengesand opportunities that the circular economy initiative offers.
Furthermore, IdentiPlast 2015 will showcase the latest cutting-edge advances in sorting, recycling and recovery technologies for plastics.
Who should attend?
The conference is open to all those with an interest in these fields and will be particularly relevant to:
- Local authorities and municipailities
- Policy makers
- Waste management organisations: collectors, dismantlers, shredders, sorters, etc
- Plastics Recyclers, manufacturers, converters, compounders, etc
- Equipment manufacturers and developers
- Product designers and manufacturers (OEMs)
- Academia and research institutes
- Non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
The 2015 conference programme will include the following topics:
- The circular economy in Europe: collection, sorting and recycling of plastics
- Waste legislation, including an update on implementing measures, at European and global level
- Flagship initiatives for Zero Plastics to Landfill
- How to accelerate landfill diversion in Europe?
- Sharing best practices: from recycling to opportunities for biodegradable plastics
- Waste management: identification, collection, treatment, sorting
- Economic and environmental benefits
- Retailers perspective on the circular economy.
Further information on the event and the subscription details will follow shortly.