Chemical Recycling Europe Forum 2025 – Agenda Release

15–16 September 2025 | Van Der Valk Airport Hotel, Brussels

Chemical Recycling Europe (CRE) welcomes you to its 2025 Annual Forum, bringing together leaders from across the value chain to share insights, exchange ideas, and strengthen collaboration. The full-day conference on 16 September is packed with presentations and panels on the latest market trends, technology updates, and policy developments.

Register Today: Chemical Recycling Europe Forum 2025 Tickets, Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

For today’s update, we are highlighting key sessions from the programme. 

Morning: 10:00 – 13:20

  • Market Update and Forecast
    • ICIS will present the latest market trends and forecasts for the chemical recycling sector
  • Progress in Chemical Recycling
    • Updates from Arcus, 2GCPR, and Plastic Energy
    • Presentation by Ian Temperton, CEO, Plastic Energy on the company’s latest progress and future vision
    • Julian Odenthal BD and Marco Tomasi Morgano CTO, Arcus will share about the successful completion of a test run with high-PVC feedstock
    • Presentation by Daniel Vega, Co-founder and CEO, 2GCPR on learnings from their Tarragona Chemical Recycling Plant.
  • Feedstock for Chemical Recycling
    • Presentations from Freepoint, GreenDot and Tomra
    • Panel discussion moderated by Simon Hansford, CEO, Itero with Freepoint, Tomra, GreenDot, and more speakers to be confirmed soon.

Afternoon: 14:20 – 17:40

  • Creating Demand for Chemical Recycling
    • Key Note Presentation – Details to be announced soon
    • Panel discussion moderated by Will Collins, Argus Media, with speakers from polyolefin production, packaging association, packaging manufacturing and more – stay tuned for the details. 
  • Mass Balance for Chemical Recycling
    • Opening presentation by Siemens: Mass-Balance Analysis and Optimization of Plastic Recycling through Integration of Process Simulation and DCS Data
    • Keynote by Professor Steven De Meester, University of Ghent
    • Panel discussion moderated by Cord Matthies from Promeco - CRE Member, with University of Ghent, Valentijn de Neve, CRE President, and more speakers to be confirmed
  • Closing Presentation
    • Chemical Recycling and Beyond – Current Approaches to Increase Plastic Circularity by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Franke, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT

Networking breaks and lunch are built into the programme to help you connect with peers, customers, and partners. More details on each session will be shared in the coming days.

Register today to take part in shaping the future of chemical recycling in Europe.

Registration

About Chemical Recycling Europe:

Chemical Recycling Europe (CRE) is an association representing the chemical recycling industry. We aim to promote and support the implementation of innovative chemical recycling technologies, boosting the circular economy for plastics. To help our members achieve this goal, CRE was established in 2019. We aim to promote and support the implementation of innovative solutions offered by the chemical recycling of plastic waste. We also promote the benefits it can provide to our environment, economy and society. society. We represent the interest of the European chemical recycling industry to the public and European institutions. Chemical recycling technologies play a decisive role in supporting the transition towards a more sustainable and circular economy in Europe.

 

For media inquiries, please contact: tracey.nguyen@pceu.eu and mariaisabel.salinas@pceu.eu 

Chemical Recycling Europe Forum 2025 - Agenda Release.pdf

PDF 171 KB

 

Share

Get updates in your mailbox

By clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy.

About Chemical Recycling Europe

Chemical Recycling Europe (CRE) is the professional representative body of chemical recyclers in Europe. CRE mission is to deepen collaboration with the EU Institutions and to develop positive industry-wide relationships throughout the whole chemical recycling value chain in order to create a supportive policy framework for chemical recycling in Europe. To boost sustainable and circular plastics economy, CRE aims at promoting and implementing innovative technologies for chemical recycling of polymeric waste.