Solving the dark side of today's plastic

Relying on her background in chemical engineering, Annemieke has over 20 years’ experience in coordinating and setting up experimental verification programmes and conducting research in a wide range of complex environments. Her broad professional knowledge, combined with her inner drive and natural organisational and people skills, make Annemieke the supporting lifeline for many technological developments.

Caroli works on sustainable change for global issues around packaging, plastics and microplastics. As a professional packaging expert, she understands the complex chains of packaging. As a bioplastics expert, she works on new sustainable concepts for packaging and products that fit within the circular economy worldwide. To this end, she works closely with all links in the value chain: from sourcing a raw material to recycling into new raw material.

Bioplastics, Biobased plastics, Biowaste plastics, Circular Plastics, Circular Economy.

Esther is committed to accelerating the transition towards using circular plastics and has a clear vision on how to reach those goals. Her work on complex issues requires her to collaborate intensively with small and large companies across the whole value chain, as well as with national and European inter-branch organisations and government agencies.

Marieke is a packaging technologist with a passion for sustainability. With 20 years' experience in the industry, she understands the impact and associated challenges of the Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) for the industry. Her believe is that a successful transition is only possible through collaboration across the value chain.