PreZero International’s Post

This week R&D Scientists Zoe Pearson and Evie Jenkins along with Technical Manager Dr Stephen Rayner are attending the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. 👩🔬🔬♻️ The event features leading figures in recycled materials, recycling machinery, and services, showcasing the latest innovations and discussing the opportunities and challenges within Europe's plastic recycling industry. Topics covered include raw materials, design for recycling, collection, sorting, recycling of plastics from various waste streams, and incorporating recycled polymer into new products and applications. This offers many areas of interest for our team, including additives to aid recycling, recycled material sourcing opportunities for masterbatches, compounds and roto powders, potential research collaborations and the latest updates on the regulatory landscape of recycled plastics. #PlasticsRecyclingShow #PRSE2024 #RecyclingInnovation #CircularEconomy #PlasticRecycling

🎤 We're excited to announce Patrick Neumann, Product Manager Circular Plastics at Interzero, as one of our esteemed experts at the Closing The Loop With Recycling Forum on March 5-6 in Munich, Germany - https://bit.ly/3GOufop! Patrick will delve into the critical aspects of sorting and recycling in today's packaging waste landscape. His session will explore: 🔍 Challenges in Sorting & Recycling: Unveiling implications and pathways to superior feedstock for both mechanical and chemical recycling. 📈Bridging the Gap: Understanding the disparities between recycled content targets and the actual recycling capacities in play. 🛍️ Packaging Design Challenges: Exploring industry hurdles in optimizing packaging design for a circular economy. Patrick's expertise promises valuable insights into shaping a more sustainable future for packaging recycling. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and engage with industry leaders like Patrick Neumann!🌟 #RecyclingForum #Sustainability #CircularEconomy

Join IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet on 9 February 08:30-10:00 for an international webinar on accelerating design for recycling. As part of a project financed by Vinnova, the Swedish Environmental Institute IVL is organizing a webinar to discuss how to promote design for recycling on an international level. What is design for recycling? Design for recycling is a concept that involves designing plastic products in a way that makes them easier and more efficient to recycle. This can involve using fewer different types of plastic, using easily separable materials, and making products that are easy to sort and process. Why is design for recycling important? Currently, only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled. This is partly due to the fact that many plastic products are not designed for recycling. Design for recycling can help to improve the recyclability of plastic products and reduce the amount of plastic waste that ends up in landfills or the environment. What will be discussed at the webinar? - The implications of the Global plastic treaty for design for recycling - How the industry is currently implementing design for recycling - The challenges and opportunities for design for recycling at an international level - How to join forces to accelerate the adoption of design for recycling Who should attend? - Designers and manufacturers of plastic products - Recyclers - Policymakers - Anyone interested in promoting a circular economy for plastics The webinar is free of charge! Register now to secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/dnVA_yyp

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀? ♻️ At the Circular Plastics Conference 2024, we will Reflect and Act on what's next in plastic recycling. We address the entire #valuechain from an international perspective and focus on the technological, logistic, and societal challenges lying ahead. The burning question remains: how to continue this road to circular plastics? What are the major challenges facing the Netherlands as it seeks to recycle at least half of plastic waste by 2030 and achieve 100% circularity by 2050, and how is the government working to overcome these challenges? On September 26th (for the 4th time), 150+ experts, pioneering thinkers, stakeholders and academics from the field of circular plastics will gather in Jaarbeurs MeetUp in Utrecht for the Circular Plastics Conference 2024 to formulate the next steps in closing the loop before 2050. Will you join us? Sign up today to secure your spot 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/ee3X7u4S #CPC24 #plastics #recycling #conference #duurzamedinsdag DPI - Shaping polymer innovation, COAST - Analytical Science and Technology Geoffrey Schouten, Ronald Korstanje, Klaartje Rietkerken-van Gaans, Paco Rutten, Annemijn Huijboom

What needs to be considered to make the circular economy work? Is it all about product design or material choice? Which role do waste management systems play? Sustainable Plastics Europe 2024 Exhibition & Conference will bring together the industry´s experts to present and discuss the latest innovations in bio-based and recyclable plastics. Within this exclusive forum Patrick Zimmermann will give a presentation focusing on: ·      #Sustainability far beyond #CO2 reduction ·      Influence of consumer behavior on product design ·      Aspects to be considered when selecting the “right” material. After the presentation you will know which factors need to be considered to achieve greater sustainability and why #biopolymers are crucial for the #circulareconomy .   🗓 Monday, 13 May 2024 🕑14:30 – 14:55 CET 🚩 Frankfurt, Sustainable Plastics Europe 2024 Exhibition & Conference https://lnkd.in/gfZrdSyP

📢 On June 19-20, we will be present at stand 9-310 at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, the trade fair dedicated to plastics recycling in continental Europe, hosted at the RAI Amsterdam and thanks to EXTR:ACT, driving value from multi-material recycling. This event will feature the biggest names in recycled materials, recycling machinery, and services, showcasing the latest innovations in the industry. You will meet key industry figures and explore the latest opportunities and challenges facing the plastics recycling industry in Europe. We invite you to visit us and learn about our ideas, innovations, and recycling-based projects. Discover how our technology enables an integrated recycling process. One example of our initiatives is the transformation of the non-fibrous fraction into a valuable product such as PolyAl (poly aluminum). This secondary material can be reused in various industries, thus promoting the circular economy. Come and meet us and register here! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eZktmX_i #Netherlands #amsterdam #fairs #plastic #recycling #innovation

#Packaging, on the regulation under discussion in Europe Renato Zelcher, CEO of CROCCO and past president of European Plastics Converters | EuPC, intervenes from the pages of Il Giornale di Vicenza. ‘There is too much ideology,’ said Zelcher. ‘We share the objectives of reducing packaging waste, but not the ideological approach that has characterised this regulation since the initial Commission text. There has been one step forward in the Europarliament and two backwards in the Council. There are some sectors, such as plastics, that are more affected, but let's remember that all companies, in some way, are affected by the regulation, because they all package to deliver goods. What worries me is that so many small or very small companies do not know what significant difficulties they may soon face. The Italian government and the Members of the European Parliament have moved in the right direction,’ adds Zelcher, ‘but it is difficult to undermine a regulation born from a footprint that I judge to be ideological: until yesterday Italian industry was envied around the world for its ability to recycle waste, even from packaging, and today they are telling us that it is better to reuse it, putting an entire supply chain at risk. Today, Italy is the second country after Germany for plastics processing and the first in Europe for packaging waste recycling. We are an example. What I find illogical is to want to impose not only environmental targets - and here we agree - but also the method to achieve them. The principle of technological neutrality is ignored here. There are no studies proving that reuse is necessarily more sustainable than recycling: today, with 200 grams of film, I pack a one-tonne pallet; but if we eliminate plastic, with paper or other materials we will weigh five times as much, and this leads to greater energy consumption and more pollution than recyclable plastic". We will see what the compromise will be,’ Zelcher concludes, ‘provided that a solution is reached: we hope that the 'green' weight of the regulation will be smoothed out in favour of the sustainability of the companies and the 100,000 jobs connected with it. Already today there is great uncertainty and this is blocking the investments of many companies, with economic damage already present'. #crocco

A new collaboration between Finland-based Neste, Austria’s Borealis and Covestro has been created in order to focus on chemically recycling tyres, so that they can go on to be used to produce polycarbonate. Through doing this, these three companies are completing the closed loop system for the automotive industry and are also making use out of tyres once they have reached the end of their lives. So far, the project has been successful in manufacturing headlamps, radiator grilles and other car parts out of old tyres. The article below showcases an innovative method these companies have created, for reducing plastic waste and reusing old tyres. This technique creates a circular system and promotes the drive towards a plastic waste free world. Follow our LinkedIn page for the latest insights and industry news, on everything within the #sustainablematerials #sustainablechemicals #plasticwastefree sectors; and for the latest updates on our 2024 shows see Sustainable Materials Expo & Sustainable Chemicals Expo (Cologne, 13-14 Nov)! #4eventsin2024 #industrynews #sustainability #closetheloop #TGMSE2024 #SCHLE2024 #SMTRE2024 #PWFWE2024 https://lnkd.in/eAHHjui6

We’re thrilled to announce that PlasticsEurope Deutschland e. V. has joined as a content partner for #CVC2025! 🌍 PlasticsEurope is a leading trade association representing more than 100 member companies, responsible for producing over 90% of all polymers in Europe. With a focus on advancing the circular economy, they are committed to reducing plastic waste and promoting sustainable, low-carbon production processes. Their initiatives like "Zero Plastics to Landfill" and their support of the EU Green Deal exemplify their dedication to sustainability. 📢 As a content partner, PlasticsEurope will help shape discussions at the Circular Valley Convention, providing key insights into the future of plastics, recycling, and circularity.   🤝 Meet them at the Circular Valley Convention 2025 on 12-13 March 2025 in Düsseldorf at the Areal Böhler and learn more about their innovations for a sustainable future. Don't miss the opportunity to network with them and other key players in the circular economy. 🔗 For more information on registration and participation visit https://lnkd.in/eQMQxYpn=&utm_term=I6&utm_content=visual_cvc_partner_plasticseurope_2024-09-09    #cvc2025 #circularvalleyconvention #circularvalley #circulareconomy #PlasticsEurope #sustainability

The world is producing 400 million tons of virgin plastic a year. At Mix-Up_H2020  , an international research project on microbial recycling of mixed plastics, 🌍 we're tackling this issue head-on.  After our in person meetup last week. The project, which included 15 European and 4 Chinese partners, has just been concluded successfully. More than 140 publications were distributed within the project and all partners are pushing forward to include different plastics in the process. 🎉 The project, coordinated by Prof. Lars M. Blank  from RWTH Aachen University  , aimed to research ways to decompose mixed plastics into its building blocks using microorganisms. This approach sought to not only downcycle the material but also generate new high-quality plastics, thereby fostering a circular plastic economy. We at Everwave are proud to have been part of Mix-Up. Our responsibilities included supplying material collected during our Missions and managing the external communication of the research project. We believe in the critical importance of not only collecting legacy waste already present in the environment but also striving for a circular economy to reduce the production of new plastic. ♻️ Let's work together to make a lasting impact. Join us in driving the transition to a circular economy and reducing the impact of plastic waste! 🌱💪 “from plastic waste to plastic value” #MixUp #Research #CircularEconomy #Plastic