Innovative Materials and Its Challenges to Replace Fossil Plastic

Join us in our fourth webinar as we explore innovative ideas with the potential to replace single-use, fossil-based plastics. During the session you will gain academic insights into emerging material alternatives, highlighting their differences, advantages, and limitations. The conversation will then broaden to include practical viewpoints, such as:

• Innovative materials in complex circular systems, where technical performance, regulation and infrastructure must align. 

• Solutions for unpackaged fresh produce.

• A case of fiber-based packaging, highlighting industrial symbiosis, compatibility with existing technologies, and challenges in scaling sustainable materials without greenwashing.

Who Should Attend: Retailers, packaging innovators, sustainability professionals, policymakers, and anyone passionate about reducing waste and building a circular economy.

Let’s rethink packaging together — toward a future that’s durable, sustainable, and impactful. 

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Agenda 

09.30 

Welcome and introduction

Deepshikha Singhania and Jenny Bengtsson, Sustainable Business Hub, Sweden 

09:45 

When Innovative Materials Meet Circular Reality

Wojciech Pawlikowski, IMP PAN, Poland 

10:00 

From Agricultural Waste to Fiber-Based Closures: Can They Compete with Plastics? 

Giuliano Bissacco, DTU, Denmark 

10:15 

Innovation Beyond Packaging for Fruits and Vegetables 

Kristina de Verdier, Saveggy, Sweden 

10:30 

From Agricultural By-Products to Food Packaging: Fiber-Based Alternatives to Single-Use Plastics

Zita Markevičiūtė, Pack’n GREE, Lithuania 

10:45 

Q&A Session and Final Wrap-up 

 The webinar is organized as part of Retail Relooped and Circular Ocean-Bound Plastic, which are co-financed by Interreg South Baltic.

Disclaimer: The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of its author[s] and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union, the Managing Authority or the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021-2027