Türkiye's only trade fair dedicated to plastics and fibre-recycling technologies, RePlast Eurasia, runs 26–28 March 2026 at TÜYAP Büyükçekmece. The PAGÇEV Plastics Recycling Conference runs concurrently, with 8,000+ visitors from 56 countries expected. A strategic meeting point for manufacturers exploring recycled and bio-circular polyurethane.
PU recycling is structurally harder than mainstream plastics recycling — thermosets do not melt-process, mechanical recycling routes are limited to rebonded foam (carpet underlay, sound padding, packaging cushion) and the chemical-recycling tracks (glycolysis, hydrolysis, depolymerisation, smart pyrolysis) are still scaling from pilot to commercial. RePlast Eurasia is therefore less of a "PU recycling" event and more of a window into the surrounding ecosystem: collection, sorting, chemical-recycling capability and bio-circular feedstock supply.
The strategic relevance for Turkish PU producers is the regulatory horizon. EU PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) is reshaping recycled-content expectations across plastics; equivalent pressure is rising on durable-goods waste streams (mattresses, automotive, appliances) where PU is significant. Producers exporting into the EU will increasingly be asked for traceable recycled-attributed or bio-attributed content, and the supplier ecosystem for that documentation is exactly what shows up at RePlast.
For Turkish exporters, the practical takeaway is that ISCC PLUS / chain-of-custody certification, recycled-attributed grades and credible end-of-life narratives are moving from "nice to have" to "asked first" within 24 months.