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Amina Vazda
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Seminar - Recycled materials in food contact materials
Recycled materials in food contact materials – is there a conflict with the non-toxic environment goal? Recycling of materials is often described as a key factor in a circular economy. But is there a risk that we also recycle hazardous chemicals when materials are recycled?
Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala University and RISE have studied these questions in a Formas funded project, and we invite you to a seminar to present our finding as discuss these with interested parties.
This seminar will focus on
- New methods to detect chemical hazards in food contact materials
- How industry actors view potential conflicts between the societal goals of a circular economy and a non-toxic environment
- The evolving legislative landscape for recycled materials in food contact materials
Speakers
Programme
Speakers
Jane Muncke
Manager Director, Food Packaging Forum
Johan Lundqvist
Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sebastian Abrahamsson
Researcher, PhD, Associate Professor, Uppsala University
Ann Lorentzon
Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Cathrine Löfgen
Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Hans Steijer
Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Programme
Jane Muncke, Food Packaging Forum, will give a key note lecture to put the seminar in an international context. The seminar will be closed with an interactive discussion between the presenters and the attendees.
13.00-13.05 Welcome Johan Lundqvist, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
13.05-13.45 Key-note Lecture: “Recycled Materials in Food Packaging - Health and Environmental Challenges”
Jane Muncke, Food Packaging Forum
13.45-14.15 “Effect-based methods as a new tool to monitor hazardous chemicals – analyzes of recycled food contact materials”
Johan Lundqvist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
14.15-14.45 Break
14.45-15.15 Food packaging recycling: some insights about the role of contamination and purity in a complex and variable sector
Sebastian Abrahamsson, Uppsala University
15.15 -15.30 Stakeholders view of recycled materials
Ann Lorentzon, Researcher RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
15.30 -15.45 Break
15.45-16.15 The evolving legislation landscape
Cathrine Löfgen, researcher RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Hans Steijer, researcher RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
16.15-16.45 Interactive discussion with the presenters and attendees