The Challenges of Incorporating Recycled Content in Plastics Packaging
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
This online seminar, presented in partnership with PlasticsEurope, will provide attendees
with an in-depth look at market trends in recycled content, the government's outlook for
the future, the role of chemical recycling and certifying recycled content.
This event features speakers from government, the packaging industry and a leading
consultancy firm, each providing invaluable insight into what the future holds.
13.30 Chairpersons Introduction and BPF Update Phil Chadwick, Packaging News
Our Chairperson for the event will welcome all attendees.
13.38 BPF Update Barry Turner, British Plastics Federation
British Platics Federation Plastics Flexible Packaging Group Director Barry Turner will
provide an update on what the BPF is doing to encourage the incorporation of
recycled content within the plastics industry
13.45 Overview of the Current Market for Recycled Content and Projection of Future
Market Trends Abdulaziz Ehtaiba, S&P Global
Aziz Ehtaiba, who is a Commodities Pricing Specialist specialising in PET, PE and
PP will provide a detailed explanation of the current market outlook as well as
analysing future trends in recycled content. He will also explore capacity issues for
the industry.
Tim Chandler, Senior Policy Adviser for Food Contact Materials at the FSA will
present on how to overcome barriers for getting recycled content into food contact
materials. He will also present on understanding the roadmap to legislative
change for food contact approval of plastics recyclate.
14.15 Food Contact and Polyolefins Professor Edward Kosior,Nextek
Professor Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek will provide an update on the latest on
food contact PP: is it a commercial reality?
He will also present on the challenge of the Challenge Test: How the challenge test
was applied to PET and HDPE but the challenges of applying it to rPP.
14.30 Challenges of Incorporating Recycled Content - A Packaging Companies
Perspective Brian Lodge, Design Manager, Berry Global 14.45 Incorporating Recycled Content in Packaging from a Manufacturers
Perspective Andrew Osborne-Smith,Faerch
Andrew Osborne-Smith, Managing Director at Faerch will present a manufacturers
perspective, looking at certification, tray to tray recycling, challenges and solutions
for incorporating recycled content.
Jen Kathmann, Secretary General at Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) will explore
how SCS has developed food contact recycling of polystyrene.
15.10Tea and Coffee Break
15.20 Chemical Recycling and the Mass Balance Approach
Klaus Wittstock, BASF
Klaus Wittstock, Head of Industrial Affairs at BASF, will explore the challenges
of the mass balance approach, providing an update on progress with the mass
balance approach as well as informing the audience on latest developments.
Mireia Boada, Project Manager of Plastics Recyclers Europe, will provide an overview
of certification/verification and what it means. She will also explain EuCertPlast
15.50 Chemical Recycling and the Flexible Packaging Industry
Jonathon Durnford, Sealed Air
Jonathan Durnford, Vice President of Sealed Air, will provide an examination of the
use of chemical recycling in plastics packaging. He will explore the use of recycled
content in flexibles and will also provide a look at Sealed Air's work with Tesco.
16.05 PolyCert Europe/Harmonising Existing Certification Schemes for Converters Martin Policar,EUPC
