Event
bio!PAC 2025 (online) - past
Location
ONLINE
Organizer
Polymedia Publisher GmbH
Dates
Fee
EUR 699.00
bio!PAC 2025
The International online conference on packaging made of bioplastics and plastics from renewable carbon is over, and was again a success.
Missed it? You can still purchase access to the video recordings and the presentations in PDF format. Just use the register button or link.
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Testimonials:
"Thanks for the interesting, well-organized and nicely hosted bio!PAC conference, it was a pleasure to attend and present."
"Good organisation"
"All speakers present interesting contents, not exceeding the time schedule"
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What was bio!PAC 2025 about?
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 was on retail packaging based on biobased feedstock, providing genuine environmental benefits. Special attention was paid to the criteria for these applications.
Online conference
That’s why Renewable Carbon Plastics, in cooperation with Green Serendipity) , organized the 6th edition of bio!PAC—the international conference on bioplastics & packaging.
Experts from all areas of bioplastics & packaging presented their latest developments or research. The conference also covered discussions like end-of-life options, consumer behavior issues, availability of agricultural land for material use versus food and feed etc.
The conference was an online event that was recorded and will be 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 agenda. It will be continuously updated. A timetable will follow soon. You can now download the handbook here.
Please note. The time zone is CEST = UTC+2
| Thursday, June 5, 2025 | ||
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| 09:00-09:10 | Michael Thielen, Caroli Buitenhuis | Welcome Remarks |
| 09:10-09:35 | Michael Thielen, Renewable Carbon Plastics Magazine | If it looks like a duck, if it sounds like a duck, then... plus: difference polymer vs. plastic |
| 09:35-10:00 | Jiannis Kougoulis, European Commission, Directorate-General GROW | Biobased Materials: Driving a Competitive and Sustainable EU Economy |
| 10:00-10:25 | Michael Carus, Nova Institute | Current trends in the bioplastics market |
| 10:25-10:50 | Sam Walker, Xampla | New Materials, New Possibilities: Sustainable Packaging with Biodegradable Solutions |
| 11:30-11:55 | Bruno De Wilde, Normec OWS | Biodegradation of bioplastics without leaving persistent microplastics |
| 11:55-12:20 | Steve DeJonghe, LoopLife Polymers | The current state of PLA recycling |
| 12:20-12:45 | Miriam Weber, HYDRA Marine Sciences | Microplastics: difference between persistent and non-persistent |
| 13:55-14:20 | Francois de Bie, Emirates Biotech | The PLA Packaging Revolution in the Middle East |
| 14:20-14:45 | Silvia Bellini, Maip Gruppo | Compounding PHA for packaging & products |
| 14:45-15:10 | Alberto Sirvent, ADBioplastics | Breaking the mechanical limits and processability of neat PLA bioplastic |
| 15:25-15:50 | Amir Afshar, The Shellworks | Personal care products based on natural biodegradable polymers |
| 15:50-16:15 | Nuria Lopez Aznar, Aimplas | Upcycling of by-products from the agri-food industry into sustainable packaging applications |
| 16:15-16:40 | Henk Vooijs, Compostable by Design Platform | ‘Compostable by Design' Packaging |
| Friday, June 6, 2025 | ||
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| 09:00-09:10 | Michael Thielen, Caroli Buitenhuis | Welcome remarks, 2nd day |
| 09:10-09:35 | Maelenn Ravard, TotalEnergies Corbion | Rethinking LCA with Luminy® Polylactic acid and its recycled content version |
| 09:35-10:00 | Ivanna Lins Colijn, FrieslandCampina | Brand owners perspective on global dairy packaging |
| 10:00-10:25 | Jet Kolkman, Verive (Bunzl) | Serving the EU market, a brand owners perspective |
| 10:25-10:50 | Jolanda Dings, Lamb Weston | Bio-circular packaging based on frying oil |
| 11:30-11:55 | Patrick Gerritsen, Bio4Pack | Bioplastics advantages in PPWR |
| 11:55-12:20 | Andrew Gill, Floreon | Performance bioplastics for the circular economy |
| 12:20-12:45 | Gernot Becker, Biotec | Biobased Polymers and PPWR |
| 13:55-14:20 | Stan Haftka, Kaneka | PHBH: Plant based and Biodegradable Innovations for Packaging Industry |
| 14:20-14:45 | Deniz Dayan, Avantium | Pioneering sustainable and functional packaging solutions of the future |
| 14:45-15:10 | Helen Yang, Clement Packaging | Compounding & producing market ready PHA cosmetics packaging |
| 15:25-15:50 | Long Nguyen, Ecopha Biotech | Innovations in Biobased Packaging: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future |
| 15:50-16:15 | Laura Tirkkonen-Rajasalo, Sulapac | The Circular Potential of Biobased Biodegradable Materials in Reuse Applications |
| 16:15-16:30 | Michael Thielen, Caroli Buitenhuis | Closing remarks |
Subject to changes. Please visit this website regularly for updates.