Lost in transition: Is the circular economy a multi-material strategy?
5th December 2017, from 16h00 to 20h00
Sofitel Europe, Place Jourdan, 1 – 1040 Brussels
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Two years ago, in December 2015, the European Commission published its Circular Economy Package. One of the first and major actions of this package was the revision of the waste legislation, including the Waste Framework, the Landfill and the Packaging & Packaging Waste Directives.
With these discussions still ongoing between the EU institutions, the upcoming EU Plastics Strategy expected for the end of 2017 will – once again – reshape several policy areas of direct concern to the packaging sector: design, collection, implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes, to name but a few.
These issues will be first discussed with leading CEOs of the glass packaging industry, high-level speakers from the European Commission, the food and beverage sector and the packaging supply chain.
The panel will be followed by a moderated discussion with the audience.
Timetable
16:00 – 16:30 Welcome coffee and registration
16:30 – 16:45 Introduction
Jean-Pierre Floris, Vice-President of FEVE and Honorary Chairman of Verallia
16:45 – 18:15 Panel debate followed by an open discussion with the audience
Is the circular economy a multi-material strategy or are we getting lost in transition?
Hans van Bochove, Chairman of EUROPEN & Vice-President Public Affairs and Government Relations, Coca-Cola European Partners
Kestutis Sadauskas, Director for the Circular Economy and Green Growth at DG ENVI, European Commission
Morag Garden, Head of Sustainability & Innovation, Scottish Whisky Association
Vitaliano Torno, President of O-I Europe
18:15 – 18:30 Conclusions
Adeline Farrelly, Secretary General of FEVE
Jean-Pierre Floris, Vice-President of FEVE and Honorary Chairman of Verallia
18:30- 20:00 Join FEVE and guests for a groovy anniversary soundbite cocktail with the best hits from The Bottle Boys!
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Energy efficiency and low carbon technologies in container glass
New furnaces are progressively being rebuilt or adapted with innovative low carbon technologies that are much more energy -efficient than in the past. Our industry reduces energy consumption by making use of waste heat recovery technologies, Organic Rankine Cycles technology, oxy-fuel and other symbiotic technologies, which are bringing significant energy savings. While energy savings can have a positive effect there are also downsides.
New energy management systems and technologies deployed throughout the glass plants are helping to increase energy efficiency.
Waste heat recovery from flue gases, when possible, can bring significant energy savings. They can be used in the batch and/or cullet pre-heaters, where the heat of the flue gases is used to warm the raw materials. Not all plants can install this technology as it requires a lot of space. There is also the risk of having more dust build up inside the regenerators, damaging them quicker and reducing their service life.
Another great way to reduce energy is through the Organic Rankine Cycles technology, with innovative refrigerants, that can also generate power from the heat in the flue gases. This technology has however very long pay-back times and is generally only installed in countries with high electricity prices.
Where appropriate, the use of oxy-fuel furnaces, using pure oxygen with natural gas, linked with cullet pre-heating can be economically viable, and can bring some savings as there is no need to heat the nitrogen in the air. However, the production of oxygen requires electricity and needs to be added to the furnace consumption when calculating the net impact (indirect emissions from power generation).
New technologies are also emerging like the combination of oxyfuel furnaces with methane cracking, where natural gas is injected in the regenerators to produce a syngas which can also reduce the energy consumption and the CO2 emissions.
The reduction in energy use in the container glass sector has been on a steep downward trajectory over almost 100 years and is now reaching its thermodynamic limit.