Plastic circularity: new perspectives and critical issues

The plastics industry is one of the strategic supply chains of the Italian production system, which growing geopolitical tensions risk compromising by altering global value chains. The European Commission's recent measures — the Clean Industrial Deal and the Omnibus Package — represent important steps in recovering industrial competitiveness, and the upcoming Chemical Industry Package will be a key opportunity to rebalance these compromised ambitions. Added to this is the recent entry into force, in February 2025, of the Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste and the long-awaited Circular Economy Act, which aims to build a new action plan on the circular economy by strengthening measures to accelerate Europe's transition to a resource-efficient economy, including addressing the price gap between virgin and recycled materials, which represents one of the major obstacles to the allocation of recycled materials.
The day provides an opportunity for key industry players to discuss new regulatory provisions.

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Speeches by:
Laura D'Aprile, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
Maria Teresa Borzacchiello, Policy Officer, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre -Towards Sustainable Plastics: Production, Use, Circularity and Innovation
Beatriz Vidal, European Environment Agency
Andrea Massimiliano Lanz, ISPRA 
Massimo Ricci, Director Environment Division of ARERA
Representative of ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities)
Luca Stramare, CONAI (National Packaging Consortium)
Paolo Arcelli, Plastic Consult
Franco Meropiali, President of Plastics Europe Italia
Massimo Centonze, Unionplast
Maria Cristina Poggesi, IPPR (Institute for the Promotion of Recycled Plastics)

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