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IdentiPlast 2015 “Plastics Waste a Key Component of a Circular Economy” Date: 29‐30th April 2015 Venue: Rome, Congress Center Fontana di Trevi 29th April 09:00‐10:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee 10:00:10‐30 Opening and Welcome Daniele Ferrari, PlasticsEurope Italy President Giovanni La Via, MEP, Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Prof. Roberto De Santis, CONAI President Circular Economy ‐ The vision Facilitator: Helmut Schmitz, Der Grüne Punkt 1. What is the Circular Economy? Helmut Maurer, Waste Management & Recycling Unit, DG Environment, European Commission 2. Zero‐ Plastics to Landfill Martin Engelmann, PlasticsEurope 3. Carbon Capture – Making plastics from hot air Karsten Malsch, Bayer Material Science* 4. Primary and Secondary Raw Material Antonello Ciotti, Equipolymers 5. The point of view of an NGO Stefano Ciafani, Legambiente Panel Discussion – From Vision to Action Facilitator: Patricia Vangheluwe, PlasticsEurope 1. Extended Producers Responsibility Joachim Quoden, EXPRA General Director 2. The view of the Cities and the Regions Francoise Bonnet, Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+) 3. Recycling Industry in Europe Michael O.E. Scriba, CEO of mtm plastics GmbH 4. Energy recovery in Europe Ella Stengler, Confederation of European Waste‐to‐Energy Plants (CEWEP) 5. How plastics contribute to a circular economy Harald Pilz, Denkstatt 1. Lunch EPRO Awards – Sponsored by COREPLA Giorgio Quagliuolo, COREPLA President Sharing Best Practices Facilitator: Krista Friesen, Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA)* * 1. Increase recycling of HH packaging Catherine Klein, Valorplast Managing Director 10:30‐11:45 11:45‐13:00 13:00 – 14:30 14:30 – 15:30 15:30 – 17:00 2. Waste Free Oceans in Mediterranean Rim Yavuz Eroglu, PAGEV President 3. The future of waste management Stuart Hayward‐Higham , SITA UK* 4. End‐of –life: solutions for biodegradable plastics Marco Versari, Novamont 5. Example from Canada Krista Friesen, Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA)** 6. Engineering plastics: recycling sustainable Erico Spini, Direttore Marketing, RadiciGroup\PlasticsRadiciGroup/Plastics Gala Dinner at Casina di Macchia Madama 20:00 “Plastics Waste a Key Component of a Circular Economy” 30th April 08:30‐09:00 Welcome Coffee 09:00‐10:00 Waste Legislation Facilitator: Martin Engelmann, PlasticsEurope 1. Europe – Overview from DGENVIRONMENT Helmut Maurer, Waste Management & Recycling Unit, DG Environment, European Commission 2. America: Plastics Waste Legislation Craig Cookson, American Chemistry Council (ACC) 3. Japan: Plastics Waste Legislation and the way to a circular economy Akihiro Izumi, Plastic Waste Management Institute (PWMI) Collection, Sorting and Recycling Facilitator: Craig Cookson, American Chemistry Council (ACC) 1. Collection Models in Italy Filippo Brandolini, HERA 2. Sorting Plant Pietro Spagni, Idealservice 3. Recyclers Marco Musselli, Breplast 4. Enhanced Recyclate Collection in the UK Zoe Goodman, White Young Green (WYG) 5. The recycling of PVC Romain Ferrari, Serge Ferrari Coffee 10:00‐11:30 11:30‐12:00 12:00‐13:30 Innovation Facilitator: Adrian Whyle, PlasticsEurope 1. New Developments in Sorting Technology Titech** 2. Mixed Plastics Recycling Valerio Caramassi, Presidente Revet 3. Advances in Agricultural Film Recycling Jan Bauer, Agri Group of EPRO 4. Carbon Recycling Voestalpine** 5. Post‐consumer EPS from Building & Construction ‐ Luisa Lavagnini, Versalis* ‐ Klaus Wittstock, BASF 13:30‐14:30 Lunch 14:30‐16:00 16:00‐16:15 Value Chain Perspectives Facilitator: Peter Sundt, Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) 1. Unilever Louis Lindenberg 2. Eco‐design Politecnico of Milan** 3. Coop Italia Claudio Mazzini 4. Europen Virginia Janssens 5. Renault/CEA Lab Christophe Garnier Wrap‐up – Peter Sundt, Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) 16:15‐16:30 Closing Remarks and Invitation to Next IdentiPlast Karl‐H. Foerster, PlasticsEurope Executive Director * to be confirmed ** speaker to be nominated