Tuesday 12th November 

15:00 – 15:50

Conference Room - Hall 2 

Plastic in the vineyard and in the winery: understanding and managing it in a sustainable and responsible way

From ties and shelters for the vineyard to pipes, gaskets and parts of oenological machines and equipment, up to packaging, there are many plastic objects that we routinely use in the vineyard and in the winery. But how much do we really know about the characteristics, differences, risks, requirements, sustainability, innovation and management of plastics?

Speakers:
Simone Angioni, chemist, scientific disseminator and Author of “Tutto quello che sai sulla plastica è sbagliato” (Everything you know about plastic is wrong) by Simone Angioni, Stefano Bertacchi and Ruggero Rollini, Ed. Gribaudo
Luca Nizzetto, Norwegian Institute for Water Research and coordinator of the European Project Papillons Horizon 2020
Alberto Taffurelli, Food-Packaging-Materials, Business Area Manager of CSI S.p.A., IMQ Group

Moderator:
Alessandra Biondi Bartolini, scientific director of Millevigne

Organised by Millevigne