Wolfgang Trunk, Team Leader for Plastics and Packaging at the European Commission’s DG Environment, is among the newly confirmed speakers who will participate in the conference of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2026.

The 10th anniversary event will take place at RAI Amsterdam on 5 and 6 May 2026. Its conference will feature more than 70 leading figures from across the sector, representing the most distinguished line-up to date. It is set to be an essential gathering for all actors in the plastics recycling value chain, especially at this pivotal time.

The opening keynote speakers are Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, and Ton Emans, President of Plastics Recyclers Europe. Their session, titled From Crisis to Competitiveness: Rebuilding the European Plastics Recycling Industry, will set the tone for the event.

Wolfgang Trunk, a senior European Commission policy expert, coordinated the work on the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). He will contribute to the panel discussion entitled Recycled Content Targets: From Mandate to Implementation.

Other new senior industry figures confirmed as speaking at this year’s conference include:

• Kostiantyn Kulyk — Senior Sector Engineer, European Investment Bank
• Arne Ringkowski — Senior Director SC Network & Reverse Logistics, ALDI Nord
• Michael Schmidt — CPO, Jokey Group
• Philipp Lehner — CEO, ALPLA
• Agnieszka van Batavia — Vice President Sustainability Pharma Division, Constantia Flexibles
• Gerald Rebitzer — Vice President Sustainability Operations & Advocacy, Amcor
• Massimo Pavin — CEO, Sirmax Group
• Seda Özenç Boyraz — Packaging & Packaging Regulatory Manager, Diversey

The two-day programme will take place across two conference theatres, combining keynote sessions, panel discussions, technical presentations and sponsored sessions covering policy, innovation and market developments.

The programme also includes the annual Plastics Recycling Awards Europe ceremony, recognising innovation and achievement across the European plastics recycling industry.

PRSE event sponsors will give papers on a wide range of innovations in plastics recycling technology and the wider circular economy. They include gold sponsors ExxonMobil Signature Polymers, NGR Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH, and silver sponsors Axens, Eastman, Fimic SRL, Indaver Plastics2Chemicals, Linder-Recyclingtech GMBH, SACMI, Scheider Electric, SK Functional Polymer, Syklo, Trinseo and VTT.

PRS Europe is for professionals involved in plastics recycling and the circular use of plastics. With over 500 exhibitors, it brings together key players from the plastics and plastics recycling sectors to showcase innovative technology, share best practice, network and do business. In 2025 PRS Europe attracted more than 13,000 attendees from across Europe and more than 75 different countries.