Belgian Plastics Day 2019 - Plastics in a Circular Economy

09:30 - 10:00

Registration and coffee

Socioeconomic importance of the polymer producing
and plastics converting sector in Belgium and the uptake
of recycled plastics by the Belgian converters.

Interview with 

Saskia Walraedt, director of essenscia PolyMatters 

Julie Leroy, Business group leader of Agoria

Ocean Clean Sweep - Report of the Port of Antwerp

Charlotte Delvaux, Plastics Europe Belgium

Polymer Market Trends - Outlook and Sustainable Impact

Martin Wiesweg, senior director, IHS Markit

Q&A

Company testimonials

The use of recycled PVC in window profiles
by Johan Pauwels, Deceuninck

Chemical recycling of PET and its importance for food contact PET market
by David Liu, JBF Europe

Circular economy business models in the plastic converting industry
by Benoît Mathelin, Serviplast

An example of mechanical recycling of Plastics from Metallic Wastes : End of Life Vehicle (ELV), Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipements (WEEE)
by Hervé Demoulin, Comet Traitements

Q&A

The Plastic Rehab 

Prof Dr Kim Ragaert, UGent

Networking Lunch and Matchmaking Event 

including possibility to join speed dating sessions

or ‘OCS for plastic converters’ workshop