Following the keynote speech by Ton Emans, president of industry association Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE, Brussels;Â http://www.plasticsrecyclers.eu), two panel discussions will examine the impact of new legal frameworks on plastics recycling.
Gunda Rachut, chairperson of Germanyâs central agency packaging register ZSVR (Osnabrück; http://www.verpackungsregister.org), Bettina Rechenberg from the federal environment agency UBA (www.umweltbundesamt.de), Fritz Flanderka from Reclay (Herborn; http://www.reclay-group.com), and bvse vice-president Herbert Snell will discuss the opportunities and challenges of the regulatory requirements, moderated by Martin Engelmann from IK (Bad Homburg; http://www.kunststoffverpackungen.de).
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In the afternoon, the programme will be divided into two parallel workshops â” while one will focus on Poland as a partner country and offer insights into market structures, legal frameworks, and cross-border challenges there, the other, led by Dirk Textor, will examine topics related to quantities, markets, and prices in plastics recycling.
Martin Bäcker, head of the Plasteurope.com Price Team, will once again be giving a presentation at this yearâs bvse Waste Plastics Day. In his keynote speech, followed by a discussion, the market expert will shed light on the topic of polymer price forecasts and talk about prices, volume requirements, and possible developments in quotations.
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