4th Online Conference: Sustainability and Recyclability of Food Packaging*

With the European strategy on Circular Economy, there is a pressure to increase recycling rates all over Europe. By 2030, the European Commission will propose measures to ensure that all packaging in the European Union is reusable or recyclable. This calls not only for new designs for recyclability and re-usability, but also for new methods to assess the chemical safety of recycled food contact materials (FCM). Also by 2030, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) provides for a comprehensive catalogue of measures to achieve the target of significantly reducing plastic packaging and waste. This conference will explain the recyclability of PET and further packaging materials ? including current challenges in the safety assessment of FCM in the circular economy. Moreover, it will be discussed how the material levels deal with recycling: plastic recycling, paper recycling, aluminium recycling, recycling of adhesives as well as deinking and recycling.

Highlights

• Overview of the current challenges in the safety assessment of FCM in the circular economy
• Current developments for the carton industry for food packaging
• Sustainability and aluminum packaging
• Sustainability and adhesives for circular packaging and recycling
• Design for recycling and deinking
• Experience with the implementation of the CosPaTox approach towards safety evaluation guidance for the use of Post-Consumer plastic Recyclates (PCR)
• Recyclates and what to do with the rest, can everything be recycled?

Who will benefit from this conference?

Professionals working in the fields of:

• Quality assurance & control
• Product safety
• Raw material control
• Regulatory affairs & support
• Analysis
• Research & development
• Toxicology

Sectors that should take part:

• Food and beverage industry
• Food retailers
• Packaging industry
• Food inspection offices
• Laboratories
• Research institutes
• Authorities
• Professional associations