Event

bio!PAC 2025 (online)

bio!PAC 2025 (online)

Location

ONLINE

Organizer

Polymedia Publisher GmbH

Dates

Thu, 05.06.2025, 08:00 o'clock - Fri, 06.06.2025, 16:00 o'clock

Fee

EUR 699.00

bio!PAC 2025

International online conference on packaging made of bioplastics and plastics from renewable carbon

Sustainable Packaging

  • Can be recyclable, biodegradable, or both.
  • Can be made from biobased, biowaste, or renewable carbon sources.
  • Can offer innovative features and beneficial new barrier properties.
  • Can help prevent the accumulation of microplastics in our environment.
  • Helps reduce the depletion of finite fossil resources and lowers CO2 emissions.

Challenges
Most plastic packaging is made from fossil-based resources, is rarely recycled, and not biodegradable. Additionally, these plastic packaging can contribute to the long-term accumulation of microplastics.

Innovative bioplastics offer a sustainable alternative. They bring new features and can have multiple end-of-life options: recyclable and/or biodegradable. Furthermore, some bioplastics can be produced and recycled with a lower energy and carbon footprint.

At bio!PAC 2025, the focus will be on retail packaging based on biobased feedstock, providing genuine environmental benefits. Special attention will be paid to the criteria for these applications.

Online conference
That’s why Renewable Carbon Plastics, in cooperation with Green Serendipity) , is organizing the 6th edition of bio!PAC—the international conference on bioplastics & packaging.

Experts from all areas of bioplastics & packaging will present their latest developments or research. The conference will also cover discussions like end-of-life options, consumer behavior issues, availability of agricultural land for material use versus food and feed etc.

The conference will be a online event that will be recorded and made available for convenient watching (video-on-demand) for at least 3 months after the event. All presentations will be made available (pdf) as well.


Agenda

Please find below the preliminary agenda. It will be continuously updated. A timetable will follow soon.

ThursdayJune 05, 2025
09:00-09:10Michael Thielen, Caroli BuitenhuisWelcome Remarks
09:10-09:35Michael Thielen; Renewable Carbon PlasticsIf it looks like a duck, if it sounds like a duck, …
09:35-10:00Maarit Nyman, European Commission, Directorate-General GROWBiobased Materials: Driving a Competitive and Sustainable EU Economy
10:00-10:25Michael Carus, Nova InstituteCurrent trends in the bioplastics market
10:25-10:50Sam Walker, XamplaNew Materials, New Possibilities: Sustainable Packaging with Biodegradable Solutions
11:30-11:55Bruno De Wilde, Normec OWSBiodegradation of bioplastics without leaving persistent microplastics
11:55-12:20Steve DeJonghe, LoopLife PolymersThe current state of PLA recycling
12:20-12:45Miriam Weber, HYDRA Marine SciencesMicroplastics: difference between persistent and non-persistent
13:55-14:20Francois de Bie, Emirates BiotechThe PLA Packaging Revolution in the Middle East
14:20-14:45Bineke Posthumus, AvantiumPEF – the polyester of the future
14:45-15:10Nadia Garcia, Itene /ADBioplasticsBreaking the mechanical limits and processability of virgin PLA bioplastic
15:25-15:50Amir Afshar, The ShellworksPersonal care products based on natural biodegradable polymers
15:50-16:15Nuria Lopez Aznar, AimplasUpcycling of by-products from the agri-food industry into sustainable packaging applications
16:15-16:40Henk Vooijs, Compostable by Design Platform‘Compostable by Design' Packaging
FridayJune 06, 2025
09:00-09:10Michael Thielen, Polymedia PublisherWelcome remarks, 2nd day
09:10-09:35Maelenn Ravard, TotalEnergies CorbionRethinking LCA with Luminy® Polylactic acid and its recycled content version
09:35-10:00Ivanna Lins Colijn, FrieslandCampinaBrand owners perspective on global dairy packaging
10:00-10:25Francisco Morcillo, Bunzl Continental EuropeServing the EU market, a brand owners perspective
10:25-10:50Dirk van Dijk, Lamb WestonBio-circular packaging based on frying oil
11:30-11:55Patrick Gerritsen, Bio4PackBioplastics advantages in PPWR
11:55-12:20Andrew Gill, FloreonPerformance bioplastics for the circular economy
12:20-12:45Gernot Becker, BiotecBiobased Polymers and PPWR
13:55-14:20Stan Haftka, KanekaPHBH: Plant based and Biodegradable Innovations for Packaging Industry
14:20-14:45Emanuele Martini, Maip GruppoCompounding PHA for packaging & products
14:45-15:10Helen Yang, Clement PackagingCompounding & producing market ready PHA cosmetics packaging
15:25-15:50Long Nguyen, Ecopha BiotechInnovations in Biobased Packaging: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future
15:50-16:15Eric Klingenberg (t.b.c.), MarsPHA flexible film developments for Mars confectionary wrappers
16:15-16:30Michael Thielen, Caroli BuitenhuisClosing remarks

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