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