Webinar: Sustainable design in packaging, cross-border opportunities for the Netherlands and Belgium

Holland Circular Hotspot together with the Dutch Embassy Network in Belgium, The Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management in close cooperation with Belgian and Dutch business representatives organised this webinar on the 25th of June 2020.

Find our dedicated webpage on circular opportunities in Belgium. On this page you will find facts & figures, national CE strategies, links to reports and sources and more.

Scroll down to find the video registration, presentations, and relevant information that was shared during the webinar.

Programme of the webinar

Programme of the webinar

10.00-10.05 Virtual walk-in

10.05-10.10 Welcome words by Freek van Eijk, Director at Holland Circular Hotspot

10.10-10.15 Introduction by Caspar Veldkamp, Interim-Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Belgium

10.15-10.27 Sustainable design for packaging in Belgium: regulatory context, trends in design, technology and market. Karl Vrancken, Research Manager Sustainable Materials at VITO, Professor University of Antwerp

10.28-10.40 Sustainable design for packaging in the Netherlands: regulatory context, trends in design, technology and market. Dr. Esther Zondervan-van den Beuken, Program Manager Circular Economy at TNO

10.40-10.50 Regulatory change anticipation and consumers’ expectations. Filip Vangeel, Manager Circular Economy at Valipac

10.50-11.00 Sharing cross-border business experiences from the back of the value chain to the front by Vincent Mooij, Head of SUEZ.circpack at SUEZ

11.00-11.25 Panel discussion with presenters and Q&A moderated by Freek van Eijk, Director at Holland Circular Hotspot

11.25-11.30 Closing remarks

Presentations

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Welcome & Introductions by Freek Van Eijk, Holland Circular Hotspot

Sustainable design for packaging in Belgium: regulatory context, trends in design, technology and market by Karl Vrancken

Sustainable design for packaging in the Netherlands: regulatory context, trends in design, technology and market by Esther Zondervan-van den Beuken, TNO

Regulatory change anticipation and consumers’ expectations by Filip Vangeel, Valipac

Sharing cross-border business experiences from the back of the value chain to the front by Vincent Mooij, SUEZ.circpack

Additional information

Find our dedicated webpage on circular opportunities in Belgium. On this page you will find facts & figures, national CE strategies, links to reports and sources and more.