Reflecting on the Networking Event Transition to Circularity

12-11-2024

While dozens of companies are eager to start producing bioplastics with subsidies, plastic recycling companies in the Netherlands are at risk of collapsing en masse. To save this sector, a mandatory blending requirement for recycled materials and a bridging subsidy are urgently needed until this is established. More investors, raw materials, and customers are necessary to help start-ups navigate the notorious "valley of death," along with businesses that will actually purchase and use bioplastics. These topics were all addressed during the networking event Transition to Circularity.

The conference 'Transition to Circularity', which was jointly organized for the first time in Amersfoort by Platform Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie, and growth fund programs BioBased Circular and Circular Plastics NL. The trio aims for a circular, green economy by 2050, in which fossil resources for plastic, such as oil and gas, are replaced by biobased resources, recycled plastic, and – in the future – carbon from captured CO2 (CCU). Over 400 professionals from the industry gathered in Amersfoort to hear how green chemistry can actually take off or, as in the case of the recycling sector, be saved. Watch the video report below.