Nuno Aguiar

Director Técnico

APIP - Associação Portuguesa da Indústria de Plásticos

Nuno Aguiar holds a degree in Environmental Engineering from NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA), in Lisbon.

With over 20 years of experience in waste management, plastics recycling, and the packaging industry, he served as Operations Director at PLASTVAL for 12 years.

Since 2018, he has been the Technical Director of APIP – the Portuguese Plastics Industry Association, where he coordinates technical areas and leads several strategic projects, including the Roadmap for the Decarbonisation of the Plastics Industry and the Sustainable Plastics Mobilising Agenda.

Since 2022, he has also been the Coordinator of the Expert Committee of the Plastics Summit – Global Event, an international event organised by APIP focused on sustainability and the circular economy of the plastics sector.

He is also an accredited auditor under the RecyClass certification schemes, namely for recycling processes and recycled plastic content, and has been part of the coordination of the Advisory Committee of the Portuguese Plastics Pact.