Food packaging and the environment: Towards the end of single-use packaging?
27-11-2018
Plastic plays a significant role in food packaging as: it serves to meet product safety and quality requirements. However, some types of packaging remain difficult to recycle for a number of technological and practical reasons and are prone to littering.
Alongside industry efforts to develop innovative and eco- friendly packaging alternatives, consumer education can go a long way towards the prevention of littering and investment in collection and sorting processes will increase the potential for recycling.
EURACTIV invites you to this workshop to explore, in light of the ongoing policy discussions on single-use plastics, the opportunities and barriers for improving the sustainability of food packaging. Questions will include:
- Where do we stand in terms of R&D for sustainable food packaging?
- What set of incentives, policies and investments do we need to unlock a new generation of plastic food packaging that is recyclable, recycled and not littered?
- What should be the roles and responsibilities of each actor in the chain to prevent littering and increase recycling?
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Location
Euractiv Network Office
Boulevard Charlemagne 1, 1041 Brussels
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Panellists
Leonardo Mazza, Policy Officer - Waste Management & Secondary Materials, DG ENVI, European Commission
Delphine Lévi Alvarès, Coordinator, Rethink Plastic Alliance
Achim Grefenstein, Senior Vice President Group R&D, Constantia Flexibles
Sebastian Emig, Director General, European Snacks Association
Moderator
Frederic Simon, Editor, EURACTIV
Schedule
12:00 – 12:30 Registration & light lunch
12:30 – 13:00 Opening statements
13:00 – 14:00 Discussion and Q&A
Contact
Simona Ovesea
simona.ovesea@euractiv.com
+32 (0)2 788 36 86