Event Summary
Closing the Loop with Recycling Forum 2025 examined the growing challenges faced by policymakers, recyclers, brand owners, and technology providers in meeting EU recycling targets ahead of the 2025 deadline. Sessions covered EU regulations such as the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), strategies for plastic circularity, advanced recycling technologies including mechanical and dissolution-based methods, extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes, and optimizing waste separation and recyclate quality. Participants gained insights into sustainable packaging, cross-industry collaboration, market opportunities for recyclates, and methods to enhance transparency, compliance, and circularity, while networking with industry leaders and sharing best practices to drive a more sustainable European recycling ecosystem.
Key Topics
- Unpacking the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
- Navigating EPR fees and eco-modulation for a sustainable future
- Waste Shipment Regulation – “Waste not” the opportunity
- Balancing the plastics system’s transition with restoring EU’s competitiveness
- The role of environmental product certification in the current political developments
- Mechanical recycling as a fundamental pillar for a circular economy
- Closing the loop on plastics with dissolution-based recycling
- A pot for every kettle – finding the appropriate usage for all types of recyclates
- Waste Separation Works – How Can We Make a Difference?
- Does everything need to be washed the same way?
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