7th International RePlast

From September 21 to 22, 2021 the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow hosted the 7th International Conference “RePlast. Advanced  Plastics Recycling Technologies” which was attended by 150 experts working along the chain of polymer processing. The event  was organized by the magazines Extrusion and Plastiks with the support of the Interplastica exhibition. The speeches  were presented by the experts and managers of SIBUR PolyLab, NGR, Politekprom, Europolymer-Trading, 7th International  RePlast Krauss-Maffei Extrusion, Aleko Machinery, BASF, Stanko-PET-RUS, Okapol, Gamma Meccanica (Avex Group Holdings),  KGD, AtlasMash, Piovan, Recyclene, Aditim, Midaus. The speakers talked about advanced machinery for waste sorting,  washing, grinding, filtration and granulation and about new additives which allow to improve the quality of recycled materials.  The discussed issues included current immaturity of the market for recycled polymers, dif ficulties with introduction of  chemical recycling technologies, use of biodegradation-promoting additives, limitations of waste recycling.

As was stated by many participants the RePlast-2021 Conference became a unique platform which is seemingly dedicated to  rather narrow sector, but actually covers a wide range of pressing issues in the recycling industry. The attendees had the  opportunity to exchange opinions on the sidelines of the conference, ask questions during the sessions and comment on the  speeches, all of which proved the necessity of such a platform for experts of the field. The next RePlast Conference will be held  from 13 to 14 September, 2022. The organizing committee is planning to dedicate more time to discussions and as always  offer to the attendees the most cutting-edge information delivered by the best experts in the recycling industry sector.