11.00    Tea  & Coffee Break

11.10    The Plastics Recycling Industry Value Chain – An Exploration (Keith Freegard, Axion Recycling)

• Adding and losing value in the supply chain
• Increasing the value of the polymer recyclate
• Certified, measured and traceable - a basis for product differentiation

11.45   Sorting Technology - The Cutting Edge (James Donaldson, Greenstar WES)

• Available techniques 
• Sorting mixed plastics waste

12.15    Lunch Break

13.00    What's Next in Plastics Recycling?: Challenges and Opportunities (Dr Paul Davidson, WRAP)

13.30    Mixed Plastics Waste - Reuse and Applications (Kevin Ross, Impact Laboratories)

• The use of fibres in plastics, wood-plastics composites and GRP
• Output from SMART award – new applications

14.00    Feedstock Recycling: Getting More Plastics into the Recycling Stream  (Dr Alistair Martin, University of Manchester)

14.30    Tea & Coffee Break

14.40    Recycling Thermosetting Materials With Thermally Breakable Linkages (Dr Ezat Khosravi, Durham University)

15.10    Household Plastics Recycling: Latest Edition of the RECOUP Survey and Future Opportunities (John Simmons, RECOUP)

15.30    The Effect of PLA on the Recyclability of PET - RAPRA Report (Jan Czerski, Materials KTN)

15.40    Close

Who Should Attend?

      
This event will be of interest to all stakeholders within the plastics industry including the plastics recycling sector, customers, government and government agencies together with Local Authorities. Other sectors to which this event should appeal include equipment and service suppliers to the sector.

Venue

	Best Western Stoke-on-Trent Moat House Eutruria Hall Festival Way Stoke-on-Trent Staffs ST1 5BQ Tel:  0870 225 4601 Fax: 0178 220 6101 E-mail: stoke@qmh-hotels.com http://www.bw-stokeontrentmoathouse.co.uk/
Directions: From the North or South: M6 Junction 16 to A500 Stoke-on-Trent.  Take the A53 towards Leek, immediately get into the left hand lane and take the first left at the roundabout into Festival Park.  The hotel is straight over the mini roundabout with the entrance on the left. From the A50: A50 to A500 Stoke-on-Trent Take slip road for A53 towards Leek, immediately get into the left hand lane and take the first left at the roundabout into Festival Park.  The hotel is straight over the mini roundabount with the entrance on the left. Airports: Manchester Int' 37 miles, Birmingham Int' 58 miles, Nottingham East Midlands Airport 48 miles Railway: Stoke on Trent - 2 miles away

Cost of Seminar

To register for this seminar please CLICK HERE to download the registration form, alternatively contact Doreen Greenaway of the BPF Events Team on 0207 457 5047 or email dgreenaway@bpf.co.uk.