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Day One
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Opening Address
Speaker
Senior Advisor, Former Mayor of Singapore NorthWest District
Singapore Environment Council
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An insight into Asian plastics recycling
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Unlocking recycling potential with Clariant's specialised solutions
Speakers
Sponsor
Regulation
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A deep dive into the current recycled plastics legislations in APAC: a look at legislation across various countries in the region
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Enhancing plastics recycling in Asia with the Global Plastics Treaty: corporate innovation and regulatory demands
Speaker
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Refreshment break
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The European perspective - navigating plastics recycling in the EU: legislation, challenges and future trends
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Evolving packaging regulations with a focus on the Philippines and its new EPR law
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Panel discussion: The importance of regulation in the region – how will this develop over the next decade?
- How the growth in regulatory activities in the region has been strong in recent years
- Some examples of recent regulatory initiatives in Asia
- A look at EPR schemes in Southeast Asia
- Is there a way for the region to work together to push important regulation through?
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Lunch break
Chemical and Mechanical Recycling Developments
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Scaling up recycling capacity in Asia: adapting global recycling capabilities to local needs
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Addressing the plastic pollution crisis with sustainable polymer economy: Kolon's approach to PET chemical recycling
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Accelerating plastic recycling: using advanced recycling to process hard to recycle plastic waste
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Panel discussion: New Innovations and technologies in Asian mechanical plastics recycling – cutting edge solutions for a circular economy
• The recycling of plastics in Asia - new market trends
• A look at some key new technologies within mechanical recycling
• Best practice examples
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Refreshment break
Spotlight on Materials
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PET packaging – from awareness to product solutions
Speaker
PET and Recycling Industry Expert, Product & Market Manager
Holland Colours Europe BV
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Business case of a vertically integrated PE film manufacturer and recycler
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An introduction to liquid technology of additives for PET with focus on recycling
IT and Software Innovations
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How mobile NIR technology and smart data management can help in improving the waste management process
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EREMA group’s contribution to a safe and “easy to digest” circular economy: CADEL’s software tool for risk assessment, interpretation and analysis
Close of Day One
Day Two
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The journey towards circularity: a closer look at plastic recycling
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Addressing plastics circular challenges together: driving evolution in plastics recycling with novel technologies
Speakers
Waste Management, Collection and Sorting
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Challenges faced by polyolefins waste management in Asia
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Complementing existing informal waste collection to drive up plastics recycling in the region
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Refreshment break
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Sorting and analyzing solutions for high quality plastics recycling
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Panel discussion: The importance of the development of the collection and support infrastructure within the region
- Challenge ahead: how nine out of the top 20 countries for mismanaged waste collection sit within the Asia Pacific region.
- The importance of the informal sector in waste collection in many countries In Asia
– what are the ways to develop and harmonise this in an ethical way?
- Why development of waste collection is essential to complement existing informal waste collection to drive up plastics recycling in the region.
Geographical Focus
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Insights into plastics recycling in Indonesia
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Building a circular economy of plastics in China
Speaker
General Manager & Deputy Secretary General
Beijing Shi Chai Environment Consulting Co., Ltd & Plastic Packaging Committee, China Packaging Federation
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Lunch break
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Challenges and opportunities of plastic waste management with special reference to study conducted in the National Capital Territory of Delhi
Industry Innovations
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Husky's leading innovations supporting the circular economy
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Advanced Recycling – From a technology provider’s view aspects for waste to plastics / feedstock to product
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Approaching plastic recycling challenges with twin screw extrusion technology innovations
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A look at NX-Replast
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Developments in rPET food grade recycling & post consumer polyolefin recycling
Future Roadmap
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Panel discussion: Plastics circularity in Asia – a roadmap for the future
• How Investment in recycling capacity in Asia needs to continue to grow.
• The importance of reducing the use of single use plastics and consumption of virgin polymers and increasing products’ lifespan
• New projects to harmonise formal waste collection facilities with informal waste collection which supports local communities.
• The importance of future ollaborations
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Finance and Investment in the Asian plastics recycling market
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Closing analysis
Close of conference