An Introduction to Plastics Recycling
8:30 Registration and refreshments
9:00 – 10:30 Waste – Collection to processing
- Collection infrastructures
- Post industrial waste
- Deposit vs kerbside collection
- Difference between recycling input routes
- Flake
- Pellet
- Food grade
10:30 – 11:00 Break / Open Forum
11:00 – 12:00 Chemical recycling
- Types of chemical recycling
- Status of development
- How disruptive will chemical recycling be?
- Feedstocks
- Chemical recycling – how it operates today
- Feedstocks and end products of chemical recycling
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 Legislation
- EU legislative framework
- Regional focus on regulation
2:00 – 3:00 Analysing market dynamics across polymers
- What is the current state of recycling across European markets?
- Impact on virgin markets from recyclates
- Influence of brand and consumer pressure
- Focus on design for recycle
- Technology developments for sorting
- Threats to end markets
3:00 – 3:15 Break / Open Forum
3:15 – 4:30 Breaking down pricing and sales processes
- Review the main price drivers for the recycled market
- How do markets function and how are prices set?
- Discuss the sales process for food grade versus flake versus bale
- Review the main price drivers for the recycled market
- How do markets function and how are prices set?
- Discuss the sales process for food grade versus flake versus bale
- Terminology
- Summary and course conclusion
4:30 – 4:15 End of An Intro to Plastics Recycling