Course on the Circularity of plastics. Bio-based, bio-circular, recycled

Duration: 12 hours
Dates: November 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th
Format: Online
Teacher: Montse Castillo
Price: Members 250€ - Non-members: 500€

GENERAL INFORMATION
The circular economy plans launched by the European Union since 2015 have had a particular impact on the packaging sector, for which they aim to implement circularity strategies such as reuse and recycling.
In this sense, new developments in plastic packaging are aimed at achieving circularity both at the end of life of the packaging with recyclable structures that integrate recycled material, and at its origin by promoting the use of raw materials from renewable sources for the manufacture of polymers.
This course aims to identify the development of these lines of materials that allow progress towards the circularity of plastic packaging.

METHODOLOGY

Programme designed to be 100% online, with interactive and participative classes so that the concepts being explained are clear. The classes can be recorded and can be consulted for 1 year once the course has finished.

TO WHOM IS IT ADDRESSED?

All those people and companies that are looking for alternatives to plastic, work with plastic and want to know about alternatives, regulations and the real functioning of packaging and its life cycle. Very focused on the plastic market.

PROGRAMME

1. Circularity in end-of-life plastic packaging, recyclable and recyclable materials

• Main recycling mechanisms for plastics and their prioritisation.
• Mechanical recycling, including recycling to ensure food suitability of materials.
• Chemical recycling.
• Regulations to guarantee the content and origin of recycled materials (EN UNE-EN 15343:2008 and ISCC plus).

2. Circularity at source of plastic packaging

• Bioplastics: bio-based and biodegradable. Concepts and main biomaterials used in packaging.
• Regulations to guarantee the origin of bio-based materials (ISCC plus standard).

3. Communication of circularity aspects of plastic packaging and alignment with legal requirements.

• Marketplace for bio-based and recycled plastic materials.
  
  

TEACHER

Montse Castillo. With a degree in Chemistry from URL and Chemical Engineering from IQS, she began her professional career in 1995 as a researcher in Environmental Chemistry at CID-CSIC, where she completed her thesis to obtain her PhD in Chemistry from UB in 2000. In 1999 she joined the food industry leading the area of packaging and sustainability and in 2012 she founded RepaQ, with the aim of offering the market consulting services in packaging materials and processes and to act as a bridge between technological developments and the industrial implementation of new packaging.