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This year's highlight is the Alterra Tour:
If you want to see Inficycling™ at work, you won’t want to miss this tour! Alterra’s patented technology is proven day in and day out at their full-scale, continuous plant. Their 60-ton-per-day plastic circularity facility in Akron, Ohio is the only plant of its kind globally. Their plant has successfully recycled millions of pounds of discarded plastic, and that number is growing every day. Their growth will see the development of new facilities that will help meet the overwhelming demand for sustainable materials. So, while you’re in Akron, take a tour with Alterra and see how – with plastic circularity technology – communities can recycle even more types of plastic than ever before. 
Note: Light refreshments will be provided. Please note that pants and flat shoes should be worn, no open toes or heels.  

*TOUR ATTENDEES MUST BE REGISTERED FOR ADVANCED RECYCLING SUMMIT TO ATTEND*

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Please click on the dates below to see each day's program!

Conference Day 1: Tuesday August 27, 2024 Alterra Tour Wednesday August 28, 2024 Conference Day 2: Wednesday August 28, 2024
Registration Opens
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Session I: How to maximize impact of Advance Recycling
Supporting Plastic Circularity at Scale
ExxonMobil is leading the charge to scale up advanced recycling technologies that allow the plastics we rely upon every day to be transformed into a variety of new products. We are leveraging our existing world-scale assets to turn plastic waste into new materials with our ExxtendTM technology for advanced recycling, while bringing together the value chain to overcome feedstock challenges. We are planning to develop more than 1 billion pounds per year of plastic-waste processing capacity by 2027, meeting the demand for circularity and supporting our customers’ sustainability ambitions.
Michelle Salim | Advanced Recycling Program Manager, ExxonMobil
How do we create a system where mechanical and advanced recycling work together?
Presentation to be confirmed
How innovations in the sorting space support advanced recycling
Abstract to come.
Mark Neitzey | National Sales Director, Van Dyk Recycling Solutions
Panel: The future of MRFs and how they can support plastics circularity
•    Leveraging New Tech (ie AI & Machine learning) to Enable MRFs to support Advanced Recycling
•    How can you leverage new tech to enable mrfs to provide materials and sort. Feedstock for mechanical or advanced?  
•    Scalability, economic feasibility, market demand drivers, etc
Networking Break
Session II: Advanced Recycling Industry Insights
Local Official State Level US regulatory / compliance impact on the industry
To be confirmed.
Presentation To Be Confirmed
Sandeep Bangaru | Vice President, Circular Platform, Eastman
Pyrolysis at the crossroads: How policy and technology will shape the future of pyrolysis scale-up
Chemical companies have bet much of their circular economy hopes on plastic pyrolysis – but the nascent pyrolysis space seems to be stuck spinning its wheels. 2024 has already seen landmark policy efforts in the EU, and the deadline for the UN’s binding instrument on plastic pollution is drawing closer. At the same time, start-ups and major corporations are pushing ahead with advanced pyrolysis technologies that could change the economics of pyrolysis and enable more rapid scale-up. Will these start a pyrolysis renaissance or doom it to the dustbin of chemicals industry history?  This talk explores the current state of pyrolysis regulation, make predictions about the future development of policy, and unpacks the likely future role of plastic pyrolysis in the recycling ecosystem.
Anthony Schiavo | Senior Director, Lux Research Inc
Networking Lunch
Session III: Could there be a consensus on policy for collection?
Panel: Why can't we standardize recycling requirements?
How do we:
  • Improve collection and access
  • Improve consumer education
  • Improve accuracy of data and reporting
  • Standardize policy for collection and sorting
  • Across State Cooperation for Collection
Advanced Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility: Challenge or Opportunity?
To be confirmed.
Dan Felton | Executive Director, AMERIPEN
Panel: How EPR will Affect Advanced Recycling

Will EPR disrupt current industry partnerships? Can innovation survive and thrive as EPR progresses across the US? How will packaging design and collection change over time? How can stakeholders work together to standardize EPR? Is epr a way to get infrastructure implemented? Maybe include other regulatory approaches rather than only focusing on just EPR – maybe EPA inclusion How companies are tracking credits through existing ERP systems? What the process will be with limited supply of recycled plastic but increasing demand? Who will be prioritized?
  • EU progress how does US catch up?
  • Panel: Regulation A Catalyst for Growth
  • Summary update on proposed rules, rulemaking, and regulatory activity
  • Legislation Drivers (or obstacles) for Advanced Recycling (including homogenization of mass balance)
  • How do we support the growth of this industry?
  • Discuss where we are right now, why, what’s needed for progress?
  • General corporate governance towards low carbon footprint
Panelist:
Adam Peer, Senior Director, Packaging, American Chemistry Council
Dan Felton | Executive Director, AMERIPEN
Networking Break
Session IV: Advanced Recycling FAQ: From Mass Balance to Environmental Concern... a lot of questions remain
LYB is advancing solutions with your various initiatives
Abstract to come.
Jon Konen | Sr BD Manager, Advanced Recycling & Bio Feedstocks North America, LyondellBasell
Mass Balance Panel: Understanding mass balance, how to clarify that enables circularity? “demystifying”
Abstract to come
Meet for Alterra Tour
Return from Alterra Tour
Session V: Reaching Recycling Goals: Innovation and Collaboration
Networking Lunch
Keynote: Co-presentation an account of successful implementation of advanced recycling with plans
Abstract to come.
Presentation To Be Confirmed
End-of-Life Plastic Liquification: Opportunities and Challenges of Scaled Continuous Recycling of Molecules.
A core challenge of technological realization is the translation of scale. Alterra’s patented technology for converting mixed discarded plastic into synthetic crude-like oil has successfully scaled from bench to commercial scale with a current capability of > 50 tons of feedstock per day. Leveraging an indirectly heated rotary reactor enables high yielding hydrocarbon capture while subsequently isolating colorants, fillers, and contaminates.  However, a current pinch point in the market is the wide variability of discarded plastic streams and a lack of feedstock commercialization. This presentation will outline how our process has matured to overcome technical barriers, and how feedstock sourcing is commercially commoditized.
 
Scott Sass | Head of Technology, Alterra Energy
Plastics Ingenuity (insight on HPRC needs and work in the industry)
Abstract to come.
Networking Break
Supply Chain Panel: Theres Value Here –. Educating Brands and Consumers on the benefits of Advanced Recycling Panelists will also go through different points of how to better understand advanced recycling, where are the misconceptions and what are th
Panelists
  • Jesus Atias, Advanced Recycling and Bio Supply Associate Director for North America and Latin America, Dow 
  • Jeremy DeBenedictis, President, Alterra Energy
  • Robert Flores, Vice President of Sustainability, Berry Global
  • Andy Wysocki, Sr. Business Development Advisor Renewables & Emerging Technologies, Marathon Petroleum Company LP
  • Mark Agerton , Group Scientist,  HairCare R&D P&G  
  • Ganesh Nagarajan, Sr. Director, Plastics, WM