Final Meeting Network for Sustainable Packaging (in Dutch)

This final meeting gathers the insights developed in the past three years in sustainability to the packaging of products. Business cases from a range of industry sectors are used as source of inspiration. The meeting is concluded with a lecture by the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment on the future of government policy. Also NVC will present its view on the future of sustainable packaging in the coming years.

Programme

13:00  Registration and reception with coffee and tea
13:30
 		 Welcome
Astrid Hamer, Agentschap NL
13:40
 		 Conclusions and recommendations from the Network for Sustainable Packaging
Ger Standhardt,  NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre
14:00
 		 Consumer Green
Maria Westerbos,  director Plastic Soup Foundation
14:20

 		 Scientific Green
Jos de Lange and Ellen Oude Luttikhuis, University of Twente (researchers of the project Packaging Chains in Lasting Balance)
14:40
 		 Government Green
Marc Pruijn, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
15:00 Break
15:15

 		 Business Green
'AFP's sustainability examples'
Olav Donkers, AFP
15:40
 		 Working with the worldwide ISO standards for packaging and the environment
Michaël Nieuwesteeg, NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre
16:00

 		 Presentation Book 'Duurzaam Verpakken, verpakken voor de Circulaire Economie'
Siem Haffmans, Partners for Innovation
16:30 Network reception

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The meeting is held at Agentschap NL on Croeselaan 15 in Utrecht. After the meeting participants will receive the book ‘Duurzaam Verpakken, verpakken voor de Circulaire Economie’.

For questions, please contact Ger Standhardt.