Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum

10th - 11th March 2026

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nico Van de Walle

Portfolio and Circularity Manager

MCC Global IML

Nico is Portfolio and Circularity Manager at MCC Global IML with nearly 20 years of experience in driving product and lifecycle management along with circularity projects. Nico leads global sustainability initiatives focused on product innovation and circular packaging, including his leadership role in the HolyGrail2030 project, promoting intelligent packaging waste sorting and food-grade recycled PP production.
Nico is also a AB-representative in the RecyClass PP Technical committee, Chair of de RecyClass decoration TF and representing MCC Global IML in the NEXTLOOPP project driving the production of food-grade rPP.
Nico holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics/automation and a post graduate degree in Food Packaging from the University of Ghent.

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Day 1

Tuesday 10th March 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
09:20 - 10:05
Plenary
10:05 - 10:45
Plenary
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00
The flexible problem: Are there really sustainable solutions for flexible packaging? 
LyondellBasell | Mondelēz International | CEFLEX | The Consumer Good Forum
Plenary
12:00 - 12:30
Plenary
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00
16:30 - 17:30
Day 2

Wednesday 11th March 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:40
Plenary
09:40 - 10:30
The circular conundrum: Can regulation drive better practices? 
Dow | United Nations Environment Programme | Tomra
Plenary
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Reuse at retail scale: Cross-border lessons for interoperable reuse systems 
TerraCycle | Brambles | Fost Plus | Foodstuffs New Zealand | New European Reuse Alliance
Plenary
12:00 - 12:40
Waste pollution and climate action: Innovation across net zero and zero waste 
Vioneo | Merck Life Science | Asahi Europe & International
Plenary
12:40 - 13:40
13:40 - 15:10