AMI international conference on End of Life Plastics 2014
Konferenz
To ensure a continuing supply of plastics there must be recovery of the polymers after use in some form. The current options include primarily recycling, but also plastics to fuel, burning for energy and chemical degradation back to the primary monomers to recreate virgin plastics. The latter is still being developed, mainly in Japan, and needs to get to an economically viable scale. The options will be discussed at the AMI international conference on End of Life Plastics 2014, with a programme of presentations on 17-18 June 2014 in Düsseldorf.
The Chinese have a vast recycling industry that has been importing from the rest of the world and this will be highlighted in a market paper by Dr. Steve Wong Chor Kie the Managing Director of Fukutomi Company and Executive President of the China Scrap Plastics Association. From Europe Ton Emans , President of Plastics Recyclers Europe, will give an overview of recycling. Scandinavia has a well-deserved reputation for “going green” and the region has put in place a variety of options for plastics waste from energy recovery to recycling, which will be presented by Professor Christer Forsgren of Stena Recyling International. From Belgium, Group Machiels has plans to mine landfill sites for valuable resources such as plastics.
The End of Life Plastics 2014 event puts the recovery of plastics back on the debating table in Düsseldorf in June and all are welcome to attend.
