The meeting aims to foster collaboration across the rubber community by bringing together academia, industry, and system-level stakeholders involved in rubber recycling and circular elastomers. It will provide a platform to openly discuss the key scientific, technological, and implementation challenges that currently limit the large-scale adoption of circular rubber solutions. These challenges span the entire value chain and include recycling and devulcanisation technologies, material performance and durability, processing and compounding constraints, upscaling and industrial integration, as well as market acceptance and regulatory considerations.
By connecting fundamental research with industrial experience and system-level perspectives, the meeting seeks to align innovation, processing, and application requirements. Through knowledge exchange and discussion, the event aims to identify knowledge gaps, promising approaches, and concrete pathways to move from ambition to implementation, and to support the development of robust, scalable, and high-value circular rubber solutions.
More information: M2i Thematic Meeting: Circular Rubber - M2i - Materials innovation institute
Location
Cleantech Park Arnhem
Westervoortsedijk 73
6827 AV Arnhem
- Francesco Picchioni (RUG) – Advances in rubber upcycling
- Jesse Jongstra (New Born Rubber) – Reinventing Rubber Recycling: From Idea to Pilot Plant
- Eric Roetman (Windsheim Hogeschool) – Environmental Assessment of Devulcanisation Scale Up: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach
- Frances van Elburg (University of Twente) – Opportunities and Challenges of Using Sustainable Raw Materials in Rubber Compounds
- Frans Ghijsen (Tyromer) – Circular Rubber is Not Optinal – It’s the Next Supply Chain
- Enrico Koggel (Circular Rubber Platform) – Rubber community updates
- Kees van Oostenrijk (RECYBEM) – From waste to material value from tires
- Interactive Sessions: Rubber Community Matchmaking & Rubber Solutions workshop