Plasticity Forum returns to the US

The Plasticity Forum returns to the United States in 2017, for its seventh and eight editions.

After launching in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 and staging six successful events so far, including in Shanghai and London last year, Plasticity will host a pair of one-day conferences in Dallas April 21 (during two days of business forums as part of Earth Day Texas activities) and in Anaheim, California, May 9 (as part of the 1,500-person ANTEC 2017, the annual technical conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, which takes place May 8-10).

With a growing focus on plastic pollution and the challenges it presents, the Plasticity Forum brings together motivated, like-minded experts from across the plastics spectrum to discuss the opportunities that can result as solutions are introduced, according to the show organizer, Hong Kong-based Ocean Recovery Alliance. Plasticity convenes leaders to share information, network and discuss best practices about scalable, innovative solutions to reduce the waste footprint left by plastics in our communities and environment. It attracts high-level participants from brand owners, plastics product makers, NGOs (nongovernment organizations), resin and biomaterial suppliers, educators, designers, consultants and more, the show’s organizer says.

The event—a “big conversation on the future of plastic”—discusses where opportunities can be created related to recycled content, resource recovery, circular design, job creation and waste reduction. The theme in Dallas is “Innovating for Scale, Recovery and Reuse,” while the theme for Anaheim is “Technology, Design and Knowledge – Driving Plastic Sustainability.”

Plasticity Texas and Anaheim will include discussions on topics such as:

• designing for recycling and standardization of materials;
• •opportunities in manufacturing for the use of recycled content;
• innovations that reduce plastic waste impact and improve brand value;
• reverse supply chains, bring-back programs and how to engage customers;
• scaling for circular economies within industrial and municipal environments;
• turning waste streams into profit streams; and
• the recycling tipping point – transforming public beliefs and actions.

Brand leaders and innovators, manufacturers and retailers, biopolymer and resin makers, designers, packaging producers, waste-to-fuel companies, angel investors, entrepreneurs, government agencies and policymakers and educators and think tanks are among the event’s attendees.

Speaking and sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Plasticity founder Doug Woodring in Hong Kong by phone at 852-9020-3949 or at doug@plasticityforum.com or Robert Grace in North America at 330-289-9488 or at bob@rcgrace.com.