Amit Paul is passionate about regenerative and sustainable development. He spent 6 years as in the performing arts and music industry in his teens and then stepped into transforming the global flame retardants market as CEO of Paxymer AB. Over the past years he’s expanded his involvement i various areas evolving a systemic approach to …
During this lunch, hosted by Erik Moth-Müller, you can explore moulded samples of 34 different materials. The lunch is free for members of the Danish Engineering Society and costs 100 Danish kroner for non-members. Advance registration is required and can be done here.
In this fast-paced but informative and inspirational presentation you will learn about no less than 34 new plastic materials from many different suppliers. All the materials have a reduced environmental impact and include bio-based, mass-balanced, and recycled plastics as well as different bio-composites. You can learn much more about the materials and get a good …
34 plastic materials with a reduced environmental impact. Read More »
Erik Moth-Müller is the founder of Futation and MaterialSampleShop.com. In 2020 he co-founded of PositivePlastics.eu, which aims to help designers and product developers to discover and use new plastics with a reduced environmental impact. Positive Plastics released material sample kits in both in 2021 and 2022, and we are currently working on the 2023 edition.
– A session with examples from Sweden and Denmark in regard to the new regulation on producer responsibility for packaging and the EU’s plastics directive.
Søren Hvilsted, Expert and Professor Emeritus at the Technical University of Denmark. With more than 50 years of professional experience in research and development with a focus on new polymeric materials at, among others, the University of Massachusetts, the Nordic Research Institute for Maling og Trygfarve, Risø National Laboratory and DTU, Søren is now also …
Peter Andersson, CEO, General Plastics Scandinavia, GPS. Peter was born and raised in the packaging and recycling industry. He began his professional career in 1998, founded the company GPS General Plastics Scandinavia AB in 2001, and has been dealing with plastic materials ever since. He has seen changes in plastic materials and usage come and …
Josefin Ahlqvist, Ph. D., coordinator STEPS, Sustainable Plastics and Transition Pathways. Josefin is a project manager at Lund University’s Collaboration Department. With a passion for a sustainable future, she initiates and leads collaborative projects and networks between researchers, industry and public organizations with the overall aim of implementing a bio-based and circular economy. She was …
The plastics industry is facing an exciting transition with the goal of becoming both circular and bio-based. The fossil raw materials will be replaced by using waste, renewable raw materials and carbon dioxide. Development is moving forward quickly and there are already several exciting initiatives here in Sweden. But for it to work, a renewal …
The future plastics industry – Development and challenges from a political perspective Read More »
Plastic is currently a vulnerable material group. This applies not least to plastic as a packaging material, which has been given the status of being something that is dangerous to humanity. Unfortunately, much of what emerges, both from our politicians and the general public, is based on opinion. Fact-based approach is in short supply. Let’s …
From 2030, it regulated by law that every plastic packaging placed on the European market must contain recycled plastic raw material. That shouldn’t be a problem – if it weren’t for the plastic recycling paradox: there is plenty of plastic in society and the market is crying out for high-quality recycled raw material. But the …
This is how we solve the plastic recycling paradox Read More »
Plastic is a fantastic material but one of the big challenges for the industry is to make plastic more sustainable. We are in the midst of a dramatic change in the entire industry, which will fundamentally change how the market works and the development of new technology. Two of the biggest problems are that plastic …
Annika Boss works at RISE with both research projects and industry-related assignments linked to the recycling of plastics and the implementation of recycled raw materials in products. She will give an overview of where the technical development of plastic recycling stands today, share results from ongoing research projects and tell you more about what resources …
Listen to Fredrik Bergfeldt, operational manager of the National Center for Sustainable Plastics. RISE offers unique and broad competence in sustainable plastic production and has collected all knowledge in a national center for sustainable plastics. The center brings together industry, academia, institutes and industry organizations with the goal of achieving freedom from fossil fuels through …
Freedom from fossil fuels through world-leading development and production Read More »
Turning un-recyclable plastic waste into nutritious proteins. How a natural solution replace the incineration and simultaneously reduces CO2 emissions by 67% while handling the lasting plastic waste streams. Föreläsningen hålls på engelska.
In the EU plastic strategy, standardization has been identified as an important tool to accelerate the transition from linear to the circular economy. Currently, the European standardization within the field of plastics mobilizes action from a broad spectrum of participants in the plastic value chain; from plastic producers and designers, through brands and retailers, to …
New EU legislation and standardization for a circular value chain Read More »
In the spring of 2022, The Danish Plastics Federation and its partners conducted interviews with several market-leading Danish plastics companies and identified 10 key innovation challenges to increase construction sustainability through the use of synthetic materials. The dilemmas, challenges, possibilities and solutions will be discussed and showcased during this year’s UIA World Congress of Architects. …
Plastic Pavilion – Building Sustainable Societies Read More »
The paper encompasses the latest developments in additive solutions which improve the quality of recyclates and recyclability. Additives are an inherent part of plastics in stabilizing and improving their qualities. Respectively, they play an important role in achieving the circular handling of plastics.
The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves e.g. reusing, repairing, recycling of existing materials and products as long as possible. To ensure measurability in such model a systematic analysis of environmental impacts of products or services through a LCA is necessary. As a result the biggest levers towards a more …
The global rubber industry is very much in its infancy with regards to the development of solutions that offer sustainability benefits. Rubber can deliver outstanding performance, but when it comes to delivering sustainability benefits it is often heavier than alternative materials, is more complex to use in manufacturing, and can be more difficult to recycle. …
Santoprene® TPV – The sustainable elastomeric material solution Read More »
Edvard will give a brief overview of a type of bio-based and biodegradable polymer called Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). In particular, he will focus on a type of amorphous PHA that has not been commercially available before. The session will be in Swedish.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency runs the National Plastics Coordination. Åsa will share how they see the process moving forward to promote a transition to sustainable plastic use, and how National Plastics Coordination can facilitate many actors working together to reach the same goal. Åsa will describe focus areas for the year and give an …
Current ongoings from the perspective of national plastic coordination Read More »
Since 2018, when the EU adopted the strategy for plastics, a lot has happened in the EU and globally. We are now facing several new regulations relating to plastics, along with a dramatically increased focus on standardization. Here we outline how everything is connected and give a little preview of what we can expect in …
Status update for plastic’s journey towards a circular economy Read More »
