ROUNDTABLE 1

Sustainable Material & Chemical Sourcing

for Consumer Products

We will discuss:

• Fossil-, field- and animal- free materials for your products (e.g. bioplastics and renewable plastics) Biotechnology has a wide array of tools to biosynthesis ranging from value chemical to bioinks that provide alternative ways of sourcing
  

• Identification of the suppliers/producer for the alternative materials. We see building new value chains as one of the primary tasks of the GE.
  

• Ethical/Sustainable/Renewable alternatives for existing materials. Are there some materials in your products that are waiting to be replaced?

ROUNDTABLE 2

Sustainable Product Life Cycle

with Synbio Materials

We will discuss:

• Production in the world of the modern single-use plastic regulations. How does your company face these regulations and how do you go forward in the new market?
  

• Recyclable-, Circular-, Compostable Products and Materials. There is a growing end-user pull for decreasing the presence of disposable non-recyclable products. What challenges do you have in making your products comply with home- and industrial compostability? Or do you, possibly, consider different path of circular economy to become your business model in the future?
  

• Green adhesives, coatings and pigments. A great start for many manufacturers can be adopting synbio alternatives of the current adhesives, coating and pigments. Many of them have already hit the market and many more can be developed specifically for your needs.

ROUNDTABLE3

Turning Side-streams and Pollution to Value with Synbio Methods

We will discuss:

• Waste stream handling beyond composting. How can biotechnology enter into the waste valorisation game? What investments should be made today in order to facilitate for the waste streams of the future.
  

• Sorting technology that is required to purify the streams

• The methods with which any waste (CO2, biological or solid municipality waste) can be raw material for biotechnology