Premiere for the new interpack live talk from packaging journal. Every two months, we discuss the pressing issues surrounding packaging with well-known representatives from the industry. The premiere edition focussed on the circular economy for plastics and how it can be sustainably improved.
Circular economy for plastics
How the transformation to circular value creation can succeed
Hardly any other topic in relation to plastic packaging is currently being discussed as much as the Building a circular economy, that deserves this name.
New solutions have long been sought and many positive approaches are already available on the market.
At the same time, these challenges often have a deep Established structures, processes and technologies one. Change is challenging and therefore best achieved in a larger context and with joint strategies from all participants in a value chain.
Rethinking the circular economy for plastics
An essential prerequisite for this is a rethink in practice: in addition to the many ambitious technical innovations, the focus must be placed on genuinely closing the loops.
This is the conclusion reached by a joint VDI round table, which summarises in a Green Paper how the transformation to circular value creation can succeed.
We discuss the ideas and proposals with three participants of this round table.
Timothy Glaz
Head of Corporate Affairs
Werner & Martz GmbH
Dr Peter Orth
Department of Plastics Technology
VDI Materials Engineering
Dietmar Böhm
Member of the Executive Board
PreZero Foundation & Co. KG
Jan Malte Andresen
Editor-in-Chief
packaging journal
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