Ending Plastic Waste Symposium 2024

With plastic use estimated to double by 2040 and negotiations for a UN treaty for plastic pollution underway, the time is now to tackle plastic waste.

Following the successful Ending Plastic Waste Symposium in 2023, we partnered with RMIT University as host of the ARC TREMS Hub and the newly announced Solving Plastic Waste CRC to deliver the Ending Plastic Waste Symposium 2024. The symposium was held on Tuesday 6 August and Wednesday 7 August at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.

The symposium covered:

plastic design and materials
advances in recycling and resource recovery
bioderived and compostable plastics
plastic in the environment
the life cycle of plastic
product packaging and design
circular economy and system perspectives
international approaches

Copies of presentations and posters (where consent was given) are now available on our outputs page, so take a look!

We are committed to sustainability and hope you will join us in our efforts to reduce plastic waste. Our event aims to avoid single-use plastic items. This includes catering and symposium accoutrements. We encourage you to bring your own reuseable items, such as water bottles, coffee cups and pens, to reduce waste. The dinner event meal is 50 percent vegetarian to reduce our carbon footprint, whilst ensuring taste and dietary options for delegates. Any food waste will be composted as part of Sofitel Melbourne on Collins' sustainability plan.

With plastic use estimated to double by 2040 and negotiations for a UN treaty for plastic pollution underway, the time is now to tackle plastic waste.

Program

Speakers

Poster outputs

Highlights from the 2024 Ending Plastic Waste Symposium