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 attendees included managers of landfills and waste recycling plants; manufacturers of products from compound recycled materials; additives manufacturers; suppliers of recycling machinery and industrial lines which work with secondary plastic materials. The event was organized by the magazines Extrusion and Plastics with the support of the Interplastica exhibition.
The speeches were presented by the experts and managers of SIBUR PolyLab, NGR, Politekprom, Europolymer-Trading, Krauss-Maffei Extrusion, Aleko Machinery, BASF, StankoPET-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, difficulties 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.
After the rich business program of the first day was completed the participants enjoyed a cocktail reception, the schedule of the second day was concluded with a bowling game in a nearby recreational center.
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.
In the nearest future – in November the Conference ExtrusionRussiа 2021 will take place.
We would also like to remind that in May 2021 the IPTF was successfully held in Saint Petersburg.
