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📌 ANALYST Project Update | 📆 On June 12-13, 2024, ANALYST partners gathered in Oslo, Norway, for the second consortium meeting. This two-day event united consortium partners, both in person and virtually, to review the progress and plan the next steps. This project is dedicated to accelerating the transition towards a safer and more sustainable industrial value chain, while enriching the knowledge base surrounding the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Framework. 🔍 During the meeting, partners shared significant updates from the early stages of the project. Key moments included: - An insightful workshop on AI methods for addressing missing data - Detailed presentations on each Work Package - Engaging discussions on potential collaborations with industrial partners These sessions highlighted team's commitment and collaboration, emphasizing the project's potential for substantial impact. 🔮Looking ahead, the next steps were outlined to ensure continued progress and success in promoting innovation and sustainability in the industrial sector. HOLOSS; NILU; Università degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti; AIMEN Centro Tecnológico; IDENER.AI; PIEP - Innovation in Polymer Engineering; CIRES; Avient Corporation; PREVINIL; TMG Automotive; FARIA & MOROUÇO, SA; European Plastics Converters | EuPC; Polymer Comply Europe 💻 Read the article on our website: https://urly.it/3ayx7 #ANALYSTProject #EUProject #Innovation #Sustainability

📢Last week, the Polymers for Europe Alliance announced the winner of the Polymers Producer Awards 2023 during European Plastics Converters | EuPC's Annual Conference. The winner of this year's overall category - Decarbonisation - is Vinnolit. Find out more about the other winners per category in the press release here below. 👇

📢 Don't miss out on the PolyCert Europe Webinar happening on March 18th, 10:00-12:00 CET! 🗓️ Register now! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eGVp7pTc Curious about the agenda? Check it out below and secure your spot at this enlightening online event! 💻 📍 Where: Online (Zoom) 📅 When: March 18th, 10:00-12:00 CET

❕ ❗ Last chance to register for The European Food Contact Plastics Conference on 11 & 12 March 2024 using this link 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3Q6kwxe - deadline is Friday 8 March 2024 ❗ ❕ So register today before it is too late ⌛

📢 Last speakers confirmed 🎤 ! EUROPEAN FOOD CONTACT PLASTICS CONFERENCE 2024 Less than three weeks to go until the annual FREP conference organized on behalf of European Plastics Converters | EuPC and Polymer Comply Europe! We invite you to join the two-day event bringing more clarity on the latest developments of plastic food contact materials legislation and discussing how to enhance sustainability while upholding the highest standards of safety for consumers together with industry experts, research institutes, and European and national authorities. 🗓 Date: 11 & 12 March, 2024  📍 Venue: BluePoint Brussels (Blvd Auguste Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels, Belgium) Registration open until the 6 March 2024 - Save the date, see the final agenda and registration link here 👇 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3Q6kwxe

⚠️Last chance this week! Don't miss this Friday's deadline for the early bird discount registration fee! European Food Contact Plastics Conference 2024🚀 European Plastics Converters | EuPC and Polymer Comply Europe invite you to join the annual FREP conference focusing on the critical theme of ensuring the sustainability of plastic food contact materials and articles, while upholding the highest standards of safety for consumers. The two day event will bring together industry experts, research institutes, and European and national authorities to discuss key challenges and opportunities in the food and drink sector. 📅 Date: 11 & 12 March, 2024 📍 Venue: BluePoint Brussels (Blvd Auguste Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels, Belgium) Early bird registration deadline February 9 / Use promo code: EarlyBirds for 15% discount 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3Q6kwxe General Admission: € 1.000 + tax Early Birds Tickets: € 850 + tax Key highlights from the agenda:💡 Caroline Rode (Belgian Federal Agency for Safety of the Food Chain) on Regulatory insights on the food contact materials regulatory landscape Mark Roberts (Berry Global) on enhancing sustainability and circularity of plastic food contact materials from a manufacturer perspective Luigi Garavaglia (IPLA Group) on recycling of food contact materials under Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 Dr. Krasimir Aleksandrov (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) presenting cutting-edge research on waste incineration of PFAS Do not miss this opportunity to connect and network with stakeholders from the industry, be a part of the European Food Contact Plastics Conference 2024! Full agenda👇

EuRIC, FEAD, EuPC and Plastics Recyclers Europe call on EU institutions to say NO to a priority access clause under the #PPWR🚫 We represent actors in the whole plastic value chain, including users of recycled materials, the waste management sector and recycling activities. This clause would lead to a restriction of the EU internal market for plastics recyclates, weaken all the work carried out by the plastics industry to produce quality recyclates, and hold back investments ♻️ 🚨 Act now and urge EU policymakers to prevent the European plastics recycling market from shrinking. #PPWR #PlasticsRecycling #PlasticRecyclers #CircularPlastics #ClimateNeutralEU #EUGreenDeal

"In a rare show of unity, business and environmental groups have published a joint letter calling on EU policymakers to back mandatory sorting of mixed household waste, saying this is the only way to meet EU recycling goals and prevent the incineration of recyclable paper, metals, and plastics." We simply can not afford to miss an opportunity to capitalize on this joint action between business and ngo's! Everytime again I'm puzzled by the observation that legislation seems to be developed in silo's. Recycling targets can only be achieved when sufficient waste is made available for recycling. Thus if we decide to aim for very ambitious recycling targets (e.g. through PPWR), then we can only achieve that if other legislation (such as WFD) point us in a similar direction or is at least supporting. “We should see mixed waste sorting as an enabling factor that allows member states to achieve the current packaging and municipal solid waste recycling targets,” said Janek Vähk, a campaigner at Zero Waste Europe, one of the environmental groups that signed the joint letter. “Approximately half of the countries have received an early warning for not meeting these targets, and mixed waste sorting could contribute significantly, as recent studies suggest it could provide about 10 million tonnes of additional feedstock for recycling,” Vahk told Euractiv. The vote in the Parliament’s environment committee is expected on 14 February. A plenary vote could still be scheduled in March or April, before the European Parliament officially goes into recess for the June EU elections. Otherwise, the reform will be passed on to the next Parliament. #recycling #recyclingindustry #plasticrecycling #recyclingtechnology #packagingmaterials CPI - Circular Plastics Initiative, European Environmental Bureau, European Plastics Converters | EuPC, Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene

European Food Contact Plastics Conference 2024 *FULL AGENDA OUT NOW! / EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9!* European Plastics Converters | EuPC and Polymer Comply Europe invite you to join the annual FREP conference focusing on the critical theme of ensuring the sustainability of plastic food contact materials and articles, while upholding the highest standards of safety for consumers. The two day event will bring together industry experts, research institutes, and European and national authorities to discuss key challenges and opportunities in the food and drink sector. 📅 Date: 11 & 12 March, 2024 📍 Venue: BluePoint Brussels (Blvd Auguste Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels, Belgium) Early bird registration deadline February 9 / Use promo code: EarlyBirds for 15% discount 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3Q6kwxe General Admission: € 1.000 + tax Early Birds Tickets: € 850 + tax Key highlights from the agenda:💡 Caroline Rode (Belgian Federal Agency for Safety of the Food Chain) on Regulatory insights on the food contact materials regulatory landscape Mark Roberts (Berry Global) on enhancing sustainability and circularity of plastic food contact materials from a manufacturer perspective Luigi Garavaglia (IPLA Group) on recycling of food contact materials under Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 Dr. Krasimir Aleksandrov (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) presenting cutting-edge research on waste incineration of PFAS Do not miss this opportunity to connect  and network with stakeholders from the industry, be a part of the European Food Contact Plastics Conference 2024! Full agenda👇

The ANALYST project officially kicked off this morning in a two day meeting, as 13 consortium partners consisting of scientists, doctors, engineers, project and communications managers gathered in Porto, Portugal to tackle the importance of safer and more sustainable polymers ✅🧪 The overarching goal of ANALYST is to create better tools to plug in the gaps of the European Commission 'safe and sustainable by design' (SSbD framework), to better guide the innovation process for chemicals and materials. ANALYST, through its collaboration with industry partners and its focus on the entire PVC value chain, offers the EU a unique opportunity to overcome obstacles associated to the REACH regulation (criteria for the registration of polymers) and support the transition to safer and more sustainable PVC value chains♻️👩🔬 Key highlights include🚀 💡Konstantinos Antonios from the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) met the consortium members and reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to funding projects under the Horizon program and need for quality evaluations of deliverables in the ANALYST project. 💡Filipa Lima from AIMEN Centro Tecnológico highlighted the importance of innovation and technology in the ANALYST project. 💡Eleonora Longhin from NILU spoke of the SSbD framework and the dimensions of the ANALYST project. 💡Vanessa Ferreira, PhD from IDENER.AI mentioned advances in science and engineering to create value for the ANALYST project. 💡Catarina Basto Silva from PIEP - Innovation in Polymer Engineering showcased innovations in polymer engineering associated to the ANALYST project. 💡Arnaldo Tomas of CIRES spoke of the industries role in the ANALYST project and the need for business continuity and industrial chains in PVC production. 💡Chun-Yip Pang talked about Avient Corporation history in delivering quality thermoplastics and designing parts to meet SSbD goals associated to ANALYST 💡Alexandre Henriques of PREVINIL demonstrated the technical aspects of PVC compounds in value chains and industrial expertise they will bring to the Analyst project. 💡Bárbara Henriques Henriques from TMG Group voiced the importance of producing flexible and sustainable polymers. 💡FARIA & MOROUÇO, SA representatives spoke about innovations in plastics extrusion, injection molding research expertise from industry they will bring to the ANALYST project. 💡Luigia Petti from the Università degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti spoke of ANALYSTS links to academia and the importance of research groups. 💡Michael Beadling spoke about the history Polymer Comply Europe and European Plastics Converters | EuPC have in delivering quality deliverables in EU projects and of the communication strategy the Analyst project will take in line with REACH. 💡Ana E. from HOLOSS highlighted the timeline and overview of the ANALYST project and work packages, and the importance of team work when achieving key deliverables as a consortium.