Ensuring our everyday packaging is sustainable is the cornerstone of the EU's efforts to transition to a fully circular economy. Petcore Europe invites you to join them alongside representatives from the European Parliament and key industrial players to explore the progress and challenges to date in addressing plastic waste, and future opportunities for achieving a zero-waste society.

What constitutes sustainable plastic packaging? What are the respective roles of producers, recyclers, citizens and authorities in ending packaging waste? This roundtable will discuss key sustainability solutions for packaging, such as deposit-return schemes (DRS), and explore what forward-looking regulatory framework is needed in the EU to achieve full circularity.

Tuesday 28 September 2021 at 16:00 - 17:30

Ending plastic waste: is there a sustainable packaging solution?

Maria Spyraki

Jutta Paulus

Managing Director at Returpack/Pantamera

Bengt Lagerman

Sustainability Director at Natural Mineral Waters Europe

Ermis Panagiotopoulos

Stephen Short

Christian Crépet

Speakers

Welcome by Stephen Short, President of Petcore Europe

Keynote remarks by Members of the European Parliament

Maria Spyraki (European People's Party)


Bengt Lagerman, Managing Director, Returpack AB

Ermis Panagiotopoulos, Sustainability Director at Natural Mineral Waters Europe

Christian Crépet, Executive Director at Petcore Europe

Open floor: Q&A session taking questions from the audience
 

The event will be moderated by Jim Brunsden, Senior Vice President at Fleishman and former journalist at the Financial Times