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sibility of implementing a carbon footprint assessment process in time to allow companies to announce their initial results already at Plast 2023 . The calculation of a company ’ s carbon footprint is the most immediate and universally accepted method for representing and communicating the environmental impact of an organization . The process uses the parameters developed by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
tions developed by manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery , equipment , and moulds .
MACHINERY AND MATERIALS After having introduced in May 2022 the exhibition-convention Greeplast – focused on the sustainability of materials , technologies , and transformation processes for plastics and rubber – Plast
Change ( Ipcc ), applying internationally recognized protocols ( GHG Protocol and ISO 14064 ). Expressing a company ’ s activities in terms of atmospheric carbon dioxide equivalents is a measure of concern for the environment and demonstrates the commitment to meeting the core rules of sustainability that are now considered an added value . Together with technological innovation , the theme of sustainability will pervade the six halls of the fair , part of an exhibition that covers everything from materials to processing , from finished products to services and the most advanced solu-
2023 too will showcase excellence of innovation in the key of green : from increasingly sustainable and environmentally friendly materials to machinery with reduced energy consumption for processing bio-based and recycled polymers and from processes that make it possible to use less raw materials without compromising on performance to sorting and recycling systems . The calendar of side events will be an opportunity for further depth and exchanges on the state of the art and the challenges to evolving towards an increasingly sustainable economic model .
THE FUTURE OF PLASTICS The future of the plastics and rubber industry is thus on display in Milan from the 5th to the 8th of September in an event for which over 1,200 exhibitors have already reserved their stands and official buyer delegations are expected from at least thirty countries . Early registration is open for professional operators who wish to engage with specialized products , systems , and services and full-spectrum responses to their needs in terms of products , technology , solutions , and business opportunities .
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