EPRO 2025 Amsterdam: Together for Plastics Circularity
Together for plastics circularity
EPRO provides a platform for international sharing of technical expertise and best practice helping to facilitate the move towards a more circular economy for plastics.
Welcome to EPRO 2025 Amsterdam!
Verpact is currently preparing an exciting program for your event in Amsterdam, including some typical Dutch elements. We look forward to showing you how the Dutch system for collecting, sorting, and recycling packaging waste is organized. In 2023, an impressive 88% of all packaging in the Netherlands was recycled and reused—a result we are very proud of.
Program
Wednesday 19 November
From 15.00 | Check-in (luggage room available before this time)
14.00–15.30 | Agricultural Working Group - Waterview Space Meetingroom, Ground Floor
14.00–15.30 | Recyclability Working Group - Whale Meetingroom - Upper Floor
16.00–17.30 | Joint Technical, Chemical Recycling & Regulatory Working Group meeting - Whale Meetingroom - Upper Floor
18.00–19.00 | EPRO Board Meeting - Whale Meetingroom - Upper Floor
20.00–22.00 | Informal welcome dinner & networking evening (walking dinner) - Sky Lounge - Upper Floor
Thursday 20 November (Part 1)
07.00-09.15 | Breakfast - Restaurant downstairs
09.15–09.25 | Opening remarks – Hester Klein Lankhorst (Verpact) - Waterview Space Meeting Room – Ground Floor
09.25–09.45 | Overview of the Dutch packaging system – Marchel van de Grift & Paul Christiaens
09.45–09.55 | Introduction to the carousel debate – Donatello Piras
10.00–10.45 | Debate round 1, statement 1:
“Post-separation is the key to achieving the European plastic recycling and recycling at scale targets” by John Vernooij (45 minutes)
11.00–11.45 | Debate round 2, statement 2:
“Without additional financial incentives for recycled content use in the short term, the necessary sorting and recycling infrastructure to meet the PPWR 2030 and 2035 targets will not be in place in time” by Thor Tummers (45 minutes)
11.45–12.30 | Debate round 3, statement 3:
“Kan chemische recycling de belofte waarmaken?” by Geert Bergsma (45 minutes)
12.30–13.00 | Reflection & plenary feedback (with lunch-to-go) – Donatello Piras
Thursday 20 November (Part 2)
13.15–14.00 | Transfer to AEB Amsterdam by touringcar (+/- 30 to 45 minutes)
14.00–16.30 | Site visit – AEB Amsterdam
Presentation: Post-separation in practice – Bas Bax
16.30-18.00 | Drive back to hotel (45 mins) and break
18.00–23.30 | Boat tour & networking dinner in the city center - transfer back to hotel by touringcar or taxibus
Friday 21 November
07.00-09.00| Breakfast - Restaurant downstairs
07.00-09.00 | Check-out hotel rooms (until 12.00)
09.00–09.35 | EPRO General Assembly – Francis Huysman & Mike Jefferson - Waterview Space Meetingroom, Ground Floor
09.35–09.50 | PACKLIANCE – Maria Hentze, Digital Transformation Manager, RIGK
10.05–10.50 | Agricultural Plastics – Update from the Netherlands by Marc Veenhuizen, followed by new developments in the Netherlands and the EU on AG-Plastics
10.50–11.15 | The work of SKI – Arie den Besten / Lysanne van der Helm
11.15–11.50 | Impact of the revised Waste Shipment Regulation – Xavier, Colm, Gerald & Marijn
11.50–12.00 | Closing remarks – Mike Jefferson & Marchel van de Grift
12.00–12.30 | Lunch
13.00–16.30 | Private tour “The best of the Rijksmuseum”, followed by pancakes
16.30 | Return to hotel and end of program
We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam!