Secure your place at STEPS final conference, 7-9 October
STEPS final conference will take place 7-9 October in Lund. The aim of the conference is to present insights from national and international speakers and organisations on the various aspects for a sustainable plastic system such as decoupling plastic production from fossil resources, polymer and plastic design, recycling methods, policies and governance for a circular plastics economy.
It is targeted at a broad audience including researchers from universities and organisations, students, industry scientists and managers, policy makers, and civil society.
Programme director, Professor Rajni Hatti-Kaul, notes that the timing of the conference is very apt since there has been a growing concern in society over nearly a decade about problems with the widespread use of plastics and its disposal into the environment. Inspite of the many economic and environmental benefits provided by the use of plastics, these materials have attained a negative image.
This development has created a much-needed momentum for taking on the many challenges of the current plastic system such as climate impacts of fossil-based plastic materials, a low degree of reuse and recycling, and microplastics in the environment, through research and development, and innovation for transition to a sustainable plastics system, says Rajni Hatti-Kaul, Professor at Biotechnology at Lund University.
She is looking forward to gathering a broad audience at the conference, and to discuss how we as a society can transition towards a sustainable plastic system.
Date and time:
The conference starts 7 October at 12:00 and ends 9 October at 13:00. Please note that the conference will be exclusively onsite, i.e., participating digitally is not possible.