Developing the Recycling of the Future From textiles and PVC to digital solutions and engineering thermoplastics.
The Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) 2024, which is being held online and in Cologne, Germany on November 20–21, 2024, will have an improved agenda that addresses some of the most important recycling technology concerns. This year’s conference will address pressing issues such e-waste valorisation, PVC recycling, textile recycling, and the use of advanced recycling for engineering thermoplastics in addition to the recycling of plastic packaging. Examining advanced recycling through the prism of finance and investment strategies will be another major area of attention.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore a comprehensive range of recycling technologies, including extrusion, dissolution, enzymolysis, solvolysis, pyrolysis, thermal depolymerization, and gasification with Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU). The program also includes discussions on pre- and post-treatment technologies and digital innovations that are shaping the future of recycling.
Designed to address the ambitious EU recycling targets, ARC 2024 will focus on achieving the recycling quotas, e.g. achieving up to 70 % recycling quotas for packaging materials and 55 % for plastics. The conference serves as a crucial platform for industry leaders, brands, investors, and policymakers to navigate the evolving regulatory landscape and explore new opportunities in recycling.Building on its rapid success, ARC has seen a 30 % increase in participation, with nearly 300 attendees from 26 countries joining the 2023 event.
The 2024 edition aims to expand on this momentum by fostering deeper collaboration between experts in both physical and chemical recycling. Attendees will gain essential insights into how emerging trends and technological advancements can address the sector’s evolving demands while aligning with sustainability and regulatory goals.
Up to September 10, 2024, early bird tickets are currently available at a 10% discount.
Visit https://advanced-recycling.eu for more details.
Learn from Industry Leaders and Pioneers: Engage with the Presenters Shaping the Future of Recycling
Visit https://advanced-recycling.eu/program/ to access the whole program.
First Day: November 20, 2024
10:00–17:40 (CET)
A Look at Modern Plastics Recycling
Lars Krause, nova-Institute (DE) – Global Capabilities and Advanced Recycling Technologies Mapping
Peter Schwarz, Covestro Deutschland (DE) – Advanced Recycling of Engineering Thermoplastics – A Differentiated View on Recyclability
Robert Kunzmann, AC Biode (LU) – Chemical Recycling of PE and PVC – Current Trends and New Technologies
Oscar Vernaez and Laura Strobl, Neste / Fraunhofer IVV (DE) – E-Waste Plastics Valorization: A Symphony of Advanced Recycling Technologies
Dissolution Techniques for PVC and Engineering Plastic Recycling
Eric Romers, Advanced Recycling of Post-Consumer PVC Waste, INEOS Inovyn (BE)
Purity is the Key to Circularity, says Juul Cuijpers of ReSolved Technologies (NL), an advanced solvent-based technology for closed-loop recycling.
Abidin Balan, Trinseo (NL): Utilizing Innovative Physical Recycling Techniques to Transform Plastics: Trinseo’s Endless Recycling Innovations for a Sustainable Future
From Polymer to Building Units and Back to Polymer – An Excursion Through Different Depolymerisation Technologies
Jean Luc Dubois, Trinseo – Altuglas International (FR) – PolyMethylMethAcrylate (PMMA) Depolymerization by Trinseo
Nicole Soligo, Aquafil Group (IT) – The ECONYL® Regeneration System – Chemical Recycling of PA6
Nicolas Dubaut, Plasticentropy France (FR) – Plasticentropy, Recycling Multilayers Plastic Waste
From Feedstock Recovery to Products
Richard von Goetze, Interzero (DE) – Evolving Feedstock Specifications in the Circular Economy
Sneha Verma, AEB amsterdam (NL) – Transforming Waste for a Circular Future
Javier Grau Forner, AIMPLAS (ES) – RECLAIM: A Portable, Robotic Material Recovery Facility
Stephan Roest, Borealis (AT) – Chemical Recycling Important Part of Borealis’ Transition to a Circular Economy
Recycling Thermochemically (I)
Gillian Tweddle, Stripe Consulting, (BE) – Reusing chemicals to make substitute naphtha
Marco Karber, AES Autonome Energiesysteme (DE) – Economical Assessment of Small-Scale Pyrolysis Plants
Martin Seemann, University of Technology Chalmers / Energy Technology (SE) – Direct Steam Cracking of Heterogeneous Plastic Waste – A Solution to Transform Chemical Clusters
Valentijn de Neve, BlueAlp Production (NL) – Accelerating Plastic Recycling – Close to the Waste or Close to the Cracker?
Jelle Ernst Oude Lenferink, Fluor (NL) – Developing Plastic (Pyrolysis) Recycling Projects – An EPC Contractor’s Perspective
Day 2: November 21, 2024
9:00–17:30 (CET)
Finance, Investments, and Markets
JRP Collaboration Promotion (DE), Peter Jetzer Pricing Variations and Market Development in the Recycled Plastics Sector
Let’s Talk Economics: How Recycling Compares to CCS, Hydrogen, and Electrification with Gerben Hieminga, ING (NL)
Jan-Willem Muller, Infinity Recycling (NL): An Investor’s View on Advanced Recycling
Marc Spekreijse, Circular Plastics NL Stichting (Foundation) (NL) – Circular Plastics NL | Accelerate the Transition
Different Approaches, Challenges, and Expanded Use of Physical Recycling Technologies
Julien Davin, Saperatec (DE) – How Delamination Recycling Can Enable the Access to Underutilized Feedstocks for Recycled Plastics
Aditya Prakash Shembekar, University of Edinburgh (UK) – Sustainable Solutions for the Automotive Industry: Thermomechanical Recycling of Continuous Glass Fibre (GF) Reinforced Polyamide-6 (APA6) Composites
Patrick Trubic, Coperion (DE) – Approaching Advanced Recycling Challenges with Twin Screw Extrusion Technology Innovations
David Rapp, KraussMaffei Extrusion (DE) – Challenging the “Challenge-Test”: Are Physical Recycling Methods Suitable for Food-Grade Polyolefins?
Dissolution Technologies for Recycling of Commodity Plastics
Wiebe Schipper, PureCycle (BE) – PureCycle: Closing the Loop on Polypropylene
Virginie Bussières, Polystyvert (CA) – Economically viable Polystyrene Recycling by Dissolution
Emmeline Aves, Reventas (UK) – Solvent-based Purification of PE, PP, and ReVentas Technology for Purification of Waste Polyolefins
PET Depolymerization Technologies
Mathias Kirstein, RITTEC 8.0 Umwelttechnik / matterr (DE) – Beyond Bottle Recycling: Achieving Full Circularity for Polyester
Clémentine Devarenne, AXELERA (FR) – WhiteCycle: An Innovative European Project to Process and Recycle PET from Complex Waste
Pelin Uran, DePoly (CH) – Chemical Recycling of Polyester-based Products into Monomers
Recycling Thermochemically (II)
Geoff Brighty, Mura Technology (UK) – Mura Technology – Aiming to be the Leading Provider of Recycled Oils for EU Circular Value Chains with Hydrothermal Treatment
Eric Appelman, Aduro Clean Technologies (CA) – An Effective Alternative to Pyrolysis in Chemical Recycling
Gonzalo Izquierdo, Blueplasma Power (ES) – Turning Waste into CO2-free Hydrogen and Circular Carbonates
Pre-/Post-Medication and Enhancement
Tobias Rieger, Fraunhofer UMSICHT (DE) – Methods for Pre- and Posttreatment of Feedstocks for Chemical Recycling of Plastic Wastes – Different Methods and Novel Approaches
Outi Teräs, Neste (FI) – Refinery Upgrading to Enable Scale-up of Chemical Recycling
Luis Hoffmann, Sulzer Chemtech (CH) – Pioneering Purity: Transformative Advances in Chemical Polymer Recycling
Registration for tickets
Online at https://advanced-recycling.eu/registration/, ticket sales are now being accepted. Early bird bookings will continue to receive a 10% discount through September 10, 2024.
Call for posters
ARC invites researchers, practitioners, and innovators to submit abstracts for poster presentations. The ARC poster session is an excellent opportunity to showcase latest research, technologies, and advancements in the field of recycling. Poster submissions are open until 7 October 2024.
Poster submission: https://advanced-recycling.eu/call-for-posters/.
Exhibition and sponsorship
ARC 2024 is supported by visionary sponsors and kindly thanks gold sponsor DePoly and bronze sponsors Erema Group and Starlinger Group for their support and commitment to advancing recycling technologies.The conference offers a range of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities for organizations looking to showcase their innovations and connect with industry leaders. Sponsoring the conference provides prominent visibility and engagement with a global audience of recycling professionals. Exhibitors will have the chance to present their latest technologies and solutions to key stakeholders in the recycling sector.
For more information on sponsorship packages and exhibition options, please visit the website or contact the sponsorship team at: https://advanced-recycling.eu/sponsoring/
Collaborations
The Advanced Recycling Conference is supported by industry and trade associations, non- profit organisations, research institutions and interest groups that are thematically linked to the conference: BCNP Consultants (DE), C.A.R.M.E.N. (DE), ChemCologne (DE), Chemical Recycling Europe (EU), Chemie-Cluster Bayern (DE), Circular Plastics NL (NL), CLIB (DE), IBB Netzwerk (DE), ITA – International Centre for Sustainable Textiles (DE), kunststoffland.NRW (DE), Plastics Europe (DE), Renewable Carbon Initiative (International).