Preliminary Programme: details subject to change
Key Issues to be addressed: How do we drive increased reprocessing capacity investment for robust, long-term market development?
UK and more widely: an analysis of current policies in light of long term targets and goals – are current policies sufficient to deliver? What else / other is needed?
UK government speaker invited
Session chair: Richard Hudson, Technical Manager, Policy & Technical Team, CIWM
Featured Speakers:
The synergies between the two approaches, the waste industry role and the structures and systems that need to be put in place for further development.
Featured Speaker:
- Carlos Monreal, President, Chemical Recycling Europe
- Steve Morgan, Head of Policy & Infrastructure, RECOUP
Session chair: Richard Hudson, Technical Manager, Policy & Technical Team, CIWM
The importance of Mass balance, and the impacts of EPR, DRS – will they deliver? With the implementation of DRS continuing for 2025, but EPR delayed for a year and the HMRC consultation on-going, there are a tremendous number of moving parts in the supply side mechanisms. How can investors find a way through? What do they need for clarity and confidence?
Session Chair: Libby Peake, Policy Director, Green Alliance
Featured Speakers include:
What are the factors to improve circularity? What lessons can be learnt from success stories and how should these be applied going forward? How do we channel these into investor buy-in? Experts consider the elements that can be improved to aid circularity, the programmes that have had positive effects, and explore the Local Authority challenges around collections and contracts.
Session Chair: Libby Peake, Policy Director, Green Alliance
Featured Speakers: (further speaker invited)
Session Chair: Richard Platt, Strategy Consultant, Low Carbon Fuels & Sustainable Chemicals, E4Tech, ERM
Daphne Vlastari, Head of Public Affairs, UK & Ireland, BASF Demand Side Drivers for the deployment of chemical recycling: Is investment on track to deliver against our net zero goals?
How are demand side factors playing into the investment environment? Companies from different parts of the value chain explore what's needed to develop further circularity in the plastics market and greater capacity investment. Speakers from BASF, one of the world's leading chemical companies, Suntory, a global leader in consumer packaged goods and Planet Tracker, a non profit financial think tank, provide their insights on the plastics recycling / reprocessing market, and examine what needs to happen for improved recycling / reprocessing success.
Questions and discussion with Daphne and panel guests John Willis, Director of Research, Planet Tracker and and Charlie Kingsley, Sustainability Manager, Suntory.
- Daphne Vlastari, Head of Public Affairs, UK & Ireland, BASF
- John Willis, Director of Research, Planet Tracker
- Charlie Kingsley, Corporate Sustainability Manager, Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
The key factors for buy-in: what cements investor confidence in the current market? What issues have to be overcome?
Session Chair: Richard Platt, Strategy Consultant, Low Carbon Fuels & Sustainable Chemicals, E4Tech
Featured Speakers:
An update on policy and directions with
Rodney Berkeley CBE, Director for Sustainability and Infrastructure, Department for Business & Trade
Session chair: Richard Hudson, Technical Manager, Policy & Technical Team, CIWM
Featured Speaker:
Session chair: Richard Hudson, Technical Manager, Policy & Technical Team, CIWM
A forward- looking exploration of how we structure a system that enables greater plastics reprocessing investment, and avoids the casualties of previous models.
A look at successful models to date – what are the factors that have achieved success and how should policy / mechanisms / market be structured going forward?