Laboratory Management Team Member
Emiel Klootsema
Laboratory Management Team Member |GETEC PARK.EMMEN
Presentation topic:
How the recycled PET content in PET packaging & textiles can be detected
Material Scientist and Entrepreneur
Jan Willem Slijkoord MSc.
Material Scientist and Entrepreneur | Consulting GETEC PARK.EMMEN
Presentation topic:
How the recycled PET content in PET packaging & textiles can be detected
Abstract
Abstract
More and more countries embrace Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations. Therefore, packaging-, textile manufacturers and brand owners are keen to show and gradually increase the recycled PET (rPET) content in their PET products. However, the nature of rPET and virgin PET is much alike!
GETEC laboratory has extended experience in the chemical analyses PET polymers and -products for over 65 years. This presentation will show a new analysis approach to indicate the presence of rPET in PET products.
Bios
Bios
Mr. Emiel Klootsema is a member of the management team of the laboratory of GETEC PARK.EMMEN. For almost 30 years he has been working in the laboratory which is specialized in PET and PA6 polymer analyses. He has extensive experience with various analysis techniques for polymer production control and polymer product development. More than 20 years ago he was one of the founders of the so-called Partisol analysis. The Partisol analysis, originally developed for highly critical PET spinning processes, is nowadays also widely used to provide insight into particles present in (R)PET recycle streams (granules, prefoms and bottles).
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Mr. Jan Willem Slijkoord is a material scientist and entrepreneur. During his 25-year career, he has worked in process technology companies such as Akzo Nobel, Tata Steel, Norit Activated Carbon and for the Dutch National Laboratory of applied sciences, TNO. There, he was active in various roles as a materials scientist, marketing manager or business development manager. During his career Mr. Slijkoord has gained extensive experience with the PET fibers and PET recycling industry. Since 2020 Mr. Slijkoord is active as business development manager for GETEC PARK.EMMEN. In this role he is engaged in consulting customers to improve their PET product quality control and expand the analyses portfolio of GETEC.