Draft Programme

nova Session: “Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges” – An overview on a dynamic and growing field of technologies

 

10 February 2021, 10:00 – 14:00 h (CET), online.

Hosts: Michael Carus, Lars Krause (nova-Institute)

 

The following agenda/proceedings are planned fo far:
 

• Lars Krause, nova-Institut (DE): Overview and classification about available chemical recycling technologies.
• Julia Vogel, Umweltbundesamt (UBA) (DE): Chemical recycling as part of the circular economy?
• Matti Nieminen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI): Thermochemical recycling technologies and their potential role in a circular economy
• Shanar Tabrizi, Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) (BE): View on chemical recycling and how to legislate
• Paulo Da Silva Lemos, European Commission (EU): Circular Economy and the role of Chemical Recycling

In a separate discussion round we would like to discuss the following topics with the participants:

• How can chemical recycling be embedded in a circular economy?
• How can the different technologies be evaluated?
• On which standards, if any, can such assessments be carried out?
• How does an EU strategy develop from this?

 

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