World’s largest plastics recycling event opens in Amsterdam next week

The world’s largest event dedicated to plastics recycling, the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, takes place next week at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 1-2 April. Visitor registration is still open at: www.prseventeurope.com

The PRS Europe exhibition and conference attracts thousands of professional stakeholders from the whole plastics recycling value chain across Europe and beyond. The event will take place in the RAI’s premier Halls 1 and 5, having grown this year to accommodate a record 500 exhibiting companies and organisations.

The two-day conference features more than 65 expert speakers examining in-depth all the latest political, legislative, market and technological developments in plastics recycling. The keynote session will include an address by Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission. Marieke Koekkoek, Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Volt Nederland and Ton Emans, Plastics Recyclers Europe’s President will be joining the keynote session on the first day.

Wolfgang Trunk, Team leader – Competitive Circular Economy & Clean Industrial Policy, DG ENVIRONMENT, European Commission, is a newly confirmed speaker in the ‘Unlocking PPWR’ session and will share the European Commission’s vision for plastic packaging circularity. Aldi, Beiersdorf, Hyundai, IKEA and P&G are among the leading brands whose experts are taking part in the two days of the conference.

The AI Innovation Hub feature area introduces all the latest uses of AI in plastics recycling. Visitors will be guided through the areas of feedstock, design, collection, processing, and material sourcing with information boards and video displays. A swarm robot sorting demonstration, and an AI-based recycling data game will be launched at the show.

The winners of the seven award categories at the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 will be announced at the event on 2 April, and all finalists will be showcased at the exhibition. The shortlisted products and projects are made in Europe, and contain a minimum of 50% recycled plastics.

After the outstandingly successful launch in 2024, the PRS Europe Boat Party will return for 2025, taking place on the first evening, 1 April.

The Plastics Recycling Show Europe brings together key players from the plastics and plastics recycling sectors to showcase innovative technology, share best practices, network and do business. Every part of the industry is represented at the event, including plastics recycling machinery and equipment suppliers, AI-powered sorting technology, plastic material suppliers and compounders, pre-processors, mechanical and chemical plastics recyclers, waste management specialists and industry associations. In 2024, PRS Europe attracted a record number of more than 11,000 visitors from across Europe and more than 80 different countries internationally. Plastic Recycling Shows now take place around the globe in Amsterdam, Dubai, Mumbai and Singapore.

Visit the PRS Europe website to register to attend the exhibition and conference: https://www.prseventeurope.com/

To view YouTube highlights from PRSE 2024 watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNLphpoYAOg

Plastic Recycling Show Event Calendar

Plastics Recycling Show Europe at RAI Amsterdam, 1-2 April 2025 https://www.prseventeurope.com/

Plastics Recycling Show Middle East & Africa in Dubai 15-17 September 2025 https://prseventmea.com/

Plastics Recycling Show India at NESCO Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC) in Mumbai 13-15 November 2025 https://www.prseventindia.com/

Plastics Recycling Show Asia at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 17-18 March 2026 https://prseventasia.com/

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_{About the Plastics Recycling Show Europe
​The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRS Europe) is the annual exhibition and conference for plastics recycling professionals. It brings together key players from the plastics and recycling sectors to learn, network and capitalise on the business opportunities plastic recycling offers. The annual event is organised by Crain Communications and Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and next takes place at RAI, Amsterdam in the Netherlands 1-2 April 2025. PRE is an organisation representing the voice of the European plastics recyclers who reprocess plastic waste into high-quality material destined for production of new articles. Recyclers are important facilitators of the circularity of plastics and the transition towards the circular economy. Plastics recycling in Europe is a rapidly growing sector representing €9.1 billion in turnover.}