ONLINE WEBINAR "ADVANCING POLYESTER TEXTILE CIRCULARITY: COORDINATING SCALING ACROSS THE EU VALUE CHAIN FOR A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE”
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🗓️ When: 11 DECEMBER 2024
✅ Duration: from 1:30 PM CET till 6:00 PM CET
PETCORE EUROPE is hosting an online webinar dedicated to the latest developments in TEXTILE PES/PET recycling. This event will provide insights into advancements in mechanical, depolymerization and sorting technologies, while also exploring the challenges of scaling the necessary collection & sorting quantities through the recycling process. We will also take an opportunity to evaluate the feasibility of aligning these initiatives with EU regulatory goals.
Agenda - 1:30 PM CET - 11 DECEMBER 2024
13:30-14:10 Introduction: Circularity in Textiles and Sustainability Challenges (Christian Crépet from PETCORE EUROPE + Bruno Langlois from Carbios)
Overview of Current Circularity Challenges in the PET Textile Industry and the Role of Circularity in Driving Sustainable Development:
- The complexity of materials used, such as polyester PET, polycotton, PET/Elastane, and PO/PA ( Bruno Langlois from Carbios)
- A focus on older textiles, including PVC, and the challenges they present TBC
- Key statistics and figures: 1st Textile imports & production (Total and PET separately ) + EU Collection & sorting for PET ( Loic Mace from Axens)
- 13:50-14:10 EU Institutions’ Role in Tackling Textile Circularity Challenges
- EU Commissions presentation on Polyester Textile Recycling ( JRC /EU Commission member) TBC
14:10-15:10 Technologies and Innovation Deployment:
a. PET Recycling Technologies: Summary of technological processes supporting polyester textile circularity, including glycolysis, hydrolysis, enzymatic, solvolysis and methanolysis.
14:10-14:20 Mechanical recycling: inputs from Starlinger, Erema and Coperion (Wolfgang Herman from Erema)
14:20-14:30 Depolymerization recycling (Bruno Langlois from Carbios)
14:30-14:40 Recognition and automatic sorting (Joint input from Tomra & Pellenc) TBC
b. 14:40-14:50 Geographical Presence and Development by Philip Boydell from Depoly:
- Mapping and Panorama: Present and Future Outlook
- Pilot units and Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)
- Ongoing and finalized industrial projects (Capacities)
c. 14:50-15:00 Indicative Value Chain Costs by Maurizio Crippa from Gr3n Recycling
- Breakdown of costs across the value chain:
- Collection and sorting
- Preparation for recycling
- Mechanical conversion
- Depolymerization
- Repolymerization
- Overall results + elaborate a typical EU member state PET budget scenario - Mc Kinsey Figures
15:00-15:10 Q&A Session
15:10-15:25 Coffee break
15:25-16:00 Essential Tools for Recycling and Mandatory Design Standards for Circularity by Josse Kunst CuRe Technology
- Guidelines for Circularity in Polyester-Based Textiles:
- Collection & Sorting guidelines
- Guidelines for preparation to depolymerization & mechanical recycling
- Design for Recycling (DfR) for clothing
- Update on T-Rex
15:50-16:00 Q&A Session:00- 16:30 Current State and Global Collaboration for EU Alignment on SIMULTANEOUS SCALABLE SOLUTIONS by Christian Crépet from PETCORE EUROPE
- Alignment Across the EU to organise the circularity value chain:
- Producers’ Responsibility
- Updates on existing and future EPR’s per country
- Update on collection & sorting (where & capacities per EU country)
- Update on preparation: where, which how per EU Country
Collection Targets:
- Reverse logistics strategies, asset recovery including take-back programs
- Efficient systems for collecting used polyester from consumers
- Educating consumers on the benefits of recycled polyeste
- Incentivizing Sustainable Choices:
- Incentives like Deposit Return Systems (DRS) or discounts on future purchases
- Recycled Content:
- Requirements for recycled material standards and incorporation rates.
- End-of-Waste (EoW) Regulations:
- Cessation of waste status for materials.
- Waste Shipment Rules:
- Guidelines for EU and international textile waste export and import.
- Clear Labeling Standards:
- How to implement transparent labelling for recycled textiles.
- Industry Standards:
- Developing and enforcing industry standards.
- Monitoring and Enforcement Mechanisms
16:20-16:30 Q&A on how can the textile industry be ready to harmonized simultaneously scaling for an EU sustainable success?
16:30-17:45 The key challenge lies in driving global expansion of textile circularity while simultaneously aligning all recycling steps across the EU by Bruno Langlois from Carbios
- Stakeholder Perspectives on an harmonize & synchronized collective effort for an EU PET circular economy:
16:30-16:45 How brands such as Adidas, H&M, or the Decathlon of this world approach scaling circularity issues (TBC)
16:45-17:00 Insights from EPRs (Refashion TBC)
17:00-17:15 Associations (Karla Magruder accelerating Circularity TBC)
17:15-17:30 EU Commission (DG Grow TBC)
17:30-17:45 Q&A Session
17:45-18:00 Wrap-up and Conclusions by Bruno Langlois from Carbios & Christian Crépet from PETCORE EUROPE