Mona Arnold

Ms Mona Arnold (Lic. Tech., MBA) has her expertise in circular economy processes and technologies and interest in developing circular and sustainable business models and value chains. She acts as a principal scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. She has a wide experience in the valorisation of different waste material and end of life products, such as municipal sludge and end of life vehicles. Lately she has been involved in several projects relating to the management of plastic waste and waste prevention and she is, among others leading a project on solutions for floating plastic debris, and analysing the formation of plastic waste valorisation innovation ecosystems. She is also involved in water management and its digitalization and active member of the European technology platform Water Europe.

Tuesday
Future of Packaging - Circularity and function - an international perspective
Language:
English
Conference Room:
Scanpack Summit level 2 J2
Track:
Summit

"- Packaging is at the heart of the European circular agenda, and the challenges are many. First of all, we need to review packaging functionality. Today, we view it as something unnecessary and negative. However, packaging plays an important role for sustainability. It serves, for example, to reduce waste. Sometimes, we forget why we started using packaging to begin with. Also, there is currently a mismatch in the industry. Packaging is rapidly developing, and it’s given more and more functionality for various areas, such as logistics, but the recycling systems have not come far enough to efficiently recycle more complex materials."
Future of Packaging, panel discussion
Language:
English
Conference Room:
Scanpack Summit level 2 J2
Track:
Summit
Closing Cermony and summary
Language:
English
Conference Room:
Scanpack Summit level 2 J2
Track:
Summit