07.10.2026
PVC Recycling – Advanced Recycling Conference 2026
17-18 November 2026 – hybrid event, Cologne (Germany)
++ Join us in Cologne or participate online! ++ Final program ++ Almost 80 participants registered ++ List of exhibitors – book your booth now! ++
The Advanced Recycling Conference 2026 explores technologies, markets, financing and scale-up of innovative recycling solutions for waste streams including mixed plastic waste, textiles and PVC.
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Alongside advanced recycling solutions for plastics and other complex material streams, this year’s programme in collaboration with VinylPlus places a dedicated focus on one of the most technically demanding areas of plastics circularity: PVC recycling. PVC is difficult to recycle for good reasons. Complex formulations, legacy additives, fillers, composite structures and heterogeneous post-consumer waste streams can limit conventional recycling. The challenge is often not only recovering the polymer, but also separating PVC from other materials and managing substances that can restrict recyclate quality and future use. |
At the same time, PVC shows that difficult waste streams can become highly circular when the right systems are in place. Mechanical recycling remains the backbone of PVC recycling and can deliver high-quality results for clean, well-defined streams. In 2024, around 725,000 tonnes – 35 % of European PVC waste streams – were recycled.
The key is therefore not one universal technology, but choosing the right pathway for each waste stream. Closed-loop mechanical recycling can deliver virgin-quality material for products such as PVC window profiles, while pharmaceutical blister packs require dedicated collection and reliable emptying. More complex materials can benefit from dissolution recycling, which can separate PVC from other polymers, fillers, aluminium and legacy additives without attacking the polymer chain.
Advanced recycling can also recover not only PVC, but additives, minerals and other valuable components from challenging post-consumer waste, improving resource efficiency, regulatory compliance and material value.
On 17–18 November 2026, the Advanced Recycling Conference in Cologne will bring together experts from industry, research, technology development and policy. The dedicated PVC session, organised in collaboration with VinylPlus, will cover collection, closed-loop mechanical recycling, dissolution and advanced treatment – showing where PVC circularity already works and where further development is still needed.
Session on PVC Recycling: Advanced Recycling Conference 2026
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Call for Posters
Presenting the latest recycling research in a dedicated poster session.
Deadline for submission: 9 October 2026. Submit your poster now!
Sponsoring Opportunities
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Become a sponsor of the conference!
Join us as a sponsor and find a range of sponsoring options which provide you with maximum visibility and impact at the conference. We are open to new ideas and would be delighed to implement them with you. Please contact us if our sponsoring options appeal to you or if you would like to put forward a proposal of your own!
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Exhibition Opportunities
Become an exhibitor of the conference!
Companies that would like to book an exhibition booth (6m2) can do so for the price of 3.750 EUR (excl. 19% VAT). Included in the booth fee is one conference ticket. The conference exhibition is located prominently within the conference hall so interaction with the participants is guaranteed. Further information here.
We look forward to meeting you in person!
Your nova conference team