To be held from November 20-21, 2024 in Cologne, Germany, the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) 2024 will expand its scope beyond conventional plastic packaging to address pressing issues like e-waste valorisation, PVC recycling, textile recycling, and advanced recycling techniques for engineering thermoplastics. The conference will also highlight innovative funding strategies essential for these advancements.
The conference will gather industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers to explore groundbreaking technologies and strategies that can reshape sustainability.
With nearly 300 participants from 26 countries attending the 2023 event – a 30 per cent increase of attendees compared to the year before – ARC has established itself as the largest conference in Europe for advanced recycling. ARC 2024 promises invaluable insights into emerging trends and collaboration opportunities in both physical and chemical recycling. The conference will feature various dynamic sessions led by industry experts that explore all aspects of the diverse landscape of advanced recycling.
This solvent-based technology dissolves targeted polymers from mixed plastic wastes while the chemical structure of the polymer remains intact. Other undissolved plastic components (e.g. additives, pigments, fillers, non-targeted polymers) can be cleaned from the dissolved target polymer. The session covers polymer extraction or purification from PS and engineering plastics (e.g. ABS) through physical recycling using dissolution technologies.
