Advanced BioFuels USA – WEBINAR: Chemical Recycling: Market Trends and Cross-Border Opportunities for NRW Netherlands --- October 7, 2020

Holland Circular Hotspot and the Netherlands Consulate-General in Düsseldorf will jointly organize a webinar on 7 October about the many opportunities for cooperation in the field of chemical recycling between the Netherlands and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

This webinar highlights the latest developments and innovations in chemical recycling and how cross-border collaboration can stimulate growth towards a circular plastics sector. Special attention will be paid to the cooperation between the German and Dutch chemical sectors to increase sustainability and create opportunities in the global market.

Program

Introduction
15:00  Introduction moderated by Mr. Freek van Eijk, Director of HCH and Vice president of Circular Biobased Delta
15:07  Introduction by Consul General Mr. Peter Schuurman

Market overview
15:12  State of the art of Chemical  Recycling  for plastics in Germany: Speaker on behalf of In4climate presents latest research and findings linked to the 2020 report  Chemical Plastics Recycling – potentials and development prospects, exploring the possibilities of recycling mixed plastic waste.
15:25 State of the art of  Chemical  Recycling  for plastics in the Netherlands: Mr. Willem Sederel, President of Circular Biobased Delta gives an overview of Chemical Recycling in the NL as well as insights in development paths and future collaboration between NL and Germany

Case studies
15:38  Best Practices on CR from NL: M. Maarten Stolk, Business Developer at Ioniqa Technologies presents: Hard learnt lessons of a successful Chemical PET recycling start-up and cross-border opportunities
15:43  Best practice on CR from Germany: TBD

Governmental perspective
15:48  A Dutch Perspective: Mr. Arnoud Passenier  from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Watermanagement elaborates on why the Dutch stimulate Chemical Recycling and how they built an enabling regulatory framework
15:54  Perspective from NRW: Mr. Reinhold Rünker from the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the state North Rhine-Westfalia  gives an outlook on NRWs plans in chemical recycling and zooms in on the Trilateral Strategy

Panel
16:00 Panel discussion moderated by the Prosper Kolleg with input from the web-chat

Closure and follow-up
16.25  Closure and next steps by  Consul General Mr. Peter Schuurman READ MORE

Expert View – Fragments of plastic: consolidating the recycling supply chain. (BioMarket Insights)