The year 2003

RECYCLING AS A WAY OF POLYMER PACKAGING UTILIZATION

The first conference «RePlast-2003» was held on April, 9, 2003 in CEC «Sokolniki», Moscow, within the framework of the second International specialized exhibition «PackPlastic-2003» and was termed «Recycling as a way of polymer packaging utilization». The conference was organized by CEC «Sokolniki» together with «PLASTIKS. Industry of plastics processing» magazine at a support of the Russian union of chemists and «Tara i upakovka» magazine.

The following reports have been heard at the conference:

	- Official opening of the conference - L.P. Arkhipova, MVK packaging exhibitions director.
	- «The Current state of affairs on packaging utilization» - V.V. Abramov, Doc. Tech. Sc., professor.
	- «Elaboration of the Law of the Russian Federation of waste products treatment» - P.S. Ivanov, director of the Petrov.G.S. NIIPM.
	- «The solution of polymer packaging waste utilization problem in the European countries» - I.N.Smirenny, «Soyuzupack» president, editor-in-chief of «Tara i upakovka» magazine
	- «Polymers recycling. Basic trends» - I.A. Kirsh, Cand. Tech. Sc., assistant professor of packaging technology and high-molecular compounds processing faculty.
	- «Recycled polypropylenes and polystyrenes properties recovery» - A.M. Krivatkin, Cand. Tech. Sc., «SpetsPlast-M Ltd.» general director.
	- «Plastics recycling through disk agglomeration» - D.A. Arashkevich, «Netch-Konduks» sales manager, Germany.
	- «Ways of polymer waste products utilization» - A.S. Naumenko
	- «General characteristic of economic conditions of waste products processing through small-tonnage technologies and recommendations on stimulating measures in this field» - F.F. Gaev, Cand. Tech. Sc., chief of recycled materials market department of NITsPURO.
	- «Ways of waste products amount reduction and methods of polymer waste products recycling» - V.B. Uzdensky, Cand. Tech. Sc., NPF «Bars-2 Ltd.» technical director.
	- «Economy efficiency at the expense of industrial waste products processing» - Mr. Binder, sales chief manager in Russia, «Erema», Austria.
	- «Presentation of polymer packaging utilization problem in mass-media» - D.V. Ishchenko, editor-in-chief of «Plastiks: plastics processing industry» magazine.
	- «Technology and equipment for recycling polymers into items» - V.A. Senatos, Cand. Tech. Sc., NPF «Plastmodern» general director.
	- «New recycling technologies» - O.Yu. Pavlova, engineer - technologist on plastic, rubbish-processing factory JSC «Avtovaztrants».
	- «Served automobiles and plastic details recycling: Modern trends, demands, problems and solutions» - R.L. Petrov, chief of JSC «AutoVAZ» scientific and technological centre researching laboratory , chief of the exploratory project.
	- «Practical men"s experience and problems» - I.А. Volkov, «Plastiko», group of companies.
	- «Industrial equipment for recycling polymers produced by «Gamma Meccanica», Italy» - A.Grigorchuk, «Gamma Meccanica» agency manager.