BPF Recycling Seminar 2019

7 November 2019 | Squire Patton Boggs, London, EC2M 4YH

This important one day seminar will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the plastics recycling industry in the UK. This seminar will explore investing in new capacity, how to reach the industry targets and how to achieve sustainability in packaging as well as a panel debate on plastics waste exports and an examination of chemical recycling.

This is your opportunity to network with your peers and to learn about what the challenges and opportunities facing the UK plastics recycling industry in 2020 and beyond.

Who should attend: This seminar is aimed at senior and middle managers from organisations involved in plastics recycling in the UK. 

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Seminar Programme:
 

10.00    Registration & Refreshments

10.30    Chairman's Introduction
             Roger Baynham, Philip Tyler Polymers 

10.50    Achieving Sustainability in Plastics
             Professor Richard Thompson, Plymouth University

11.15    Lessons from EPR Schemes across Europe
             Chris Sherington, Eunomia

13.50  Investing in New Capacity - How to strengthen the infrastructure to be able to
           reach the targets
           Claire Shrewsbury, WRAP

14.10  Innovation in Black Plastics Recycling, Yuves Naidoo, Unilever

Chemical Recycling

14.35   Chemical Recycling - An Overview
            Richard McKinley, Axion Group

​14.50   PET Chemical Recycling Process
            Mark Dawes, Dupont
 

​15.00   Renew's Chemical Recycling Process
            Steve Garbutt, ReNew​

​15.10   Recycling Technologies Feedstock Recycling and Engaging the Plastics Value Chain
            Adrian Griffiths, Recycling Technologies​

15.20 Close

Evening Meal - 6 November

For attendees who are London based or who will be travelling down the night before the seminar the BPF will be organising an evening meal at the astronomer pub near Liverpool Street https://www.theastronomerpub.co.uk/ - to find out more about this meal please email [email protected]