Voices from Changemakers

The ‘Plastics Shape the Future’ showcase at K Fair demonstrated how plastics are crucial for enabling a sustainable future. It revealed the fascinating developments in place today – and highlighted the innovations to come.

Changing plastics for good

K Fair was an opportunity to remind ourselves of the progress of our industry towards circularity and climate neutrality. Plastics Europe gathered insights from members as they shared their predictions and priorities for the future. And a series of panels throughout the event brought together key leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the plastics sector and the role that sustainability plays in developing new products and processes.

Chemical recycling is not a silver bullet. Both chemical recycling and mechanical recycling play their role. We need top to bottom system changes.

Benny Mermans

Vice President Plastics Europe and Vice President Sustainability, Chevron Phillips Chemicals

Enabling a sustainable future

The Plastics Transition

Voices from Changemakers

Changing plastics for good

Everything is possible if you collaborate, if you share, and if you then have a joint goal.

Circular Plastics and Net zero by 2050

The plastics industry has said a lot about how it's ready to move.

Plastic needs its place in the circular economy.

There's a lot that we can do together.

Our theme at "K" this year is making the change real.

The Plastics Industry has a future in Europe.

My vision and the vision of my company is that carbon neutrality is non-negotiable.

I am confident technology wise. We still need to do a lot in the pre-treatment of waste.

Europe needs to manage its own waste, high quality materials should be produced in Europe & recycled in Europe.

Chemical recycling is not a silver bullet. Both chemical recycling and mechanical recycling play their role. We need top to bottom system changes.

Renewable energy is the basis of everything & of electrification.

TotalEnergies is committed to putting 30% circular polymers on the market by 2030.

The transition to circular economy and climate neutrality has both challenges and opportunities and is multi-layered.