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Every year we invite our community, partners and end-users to come and meet us! It's the ideal event to get together and present new features, roadmap of future versions, achievements of the software, workshops, training sessions, etc... This event is also an opportunity to showcase our partners' case studies, methodology or developments. Be there and see directly from the source the features of the new version!

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Date et heure
mardi 3 février 2026
09:00 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) Ajouer au calendrier
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Belgisch Verpakkingsinstituut BV

Z.1 Researchpark 280
1731 Zellik
Belgique
+32 2 464 02 10
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Belgisch Verpakkingsinstituut VZW

+32 2 464 02 10
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SPEAKERS

Jef Van Dun - Van Dun Consulting CommV

More than 30 years of experience in the plastic industry!

Prof. Dr. Rudy Koopmans – Against All Odds BV

More than 35 years of experience in the plastics industry and academia.

Prof. dr. ir. Jaap Den Doelder - TU Eindhoven, NL

More than 25 years of experience in the plastics industry and academia.

PROGRAM

08:00 Welcome with coffee

08:30 Module 1 - Prof. Dr. Rudy Koopmans 

  •  Why recycling?
  • Definitions:
    • A systems approach
    • General concepts: Recycling, sustainability, circularity, ....
    • Definition of recycling
    • Eco Design

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 Module 2 - Jef Van Dun

  • Statistics on Recycling: Belgium and Europe (Plastics Europe; CEFLEX)
  • Players in Belgium
  • Legislation:
    • Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
    • Labelling and Communication
    • Tracking and tracing - works only well in B2B
    • Need for standardization; use of existing standards

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 Module 3 - Jaap Den Doelder

  • Recycling:
    • A rapidly changing technology landscape
    • Short recap on polymers and extrusion
    • Sorting technologies - effectiveness
    • Primary/secondary/tertiary recycling
    • Which techniques (mechanical - chemical/advanced): possibilities and limitations/risks; Primary/secondary/tertiary recycling
    • Degradation mechanism: PET vs. PE vs. PP; Effect on properties (deterioration, loss of tailor made properties)
    • Smell
    • Color
    • Yellowing
    • Best practices - which percentages of recycled material are currently possible? How far away are we from what eventually will be required?

15:30 Module 4 - Case studies

  • Case studies: Use of recyclets
    • Determination of recycled content
    • Practical examples

16:30 End


Extra info:

  • Timing: The training will start at 8:30 and will end at 16:30
  • Included in the price: Training, course material, coffee break, lunch

Price

All prices do NOT include VAT

  • Members IBE-BVI € 510
  • Members federation: € 625
  • No member: € 705

Subsidies:

  • for PME’s:  via KMO-portefeuille
  • for food companies (PC 118 & PC 220) via ALIMENTO
  • for paper- & board processing companies (PC136 & PC 222): via the sector fund PaperPackSkills - Info: Nathalie Govaerts / nathalie.govaerts@indufed.be
  • for plastics processing companies (PC 116 and PC 207). Free of charge – register directly via PlastIQ