BPF Plastics Recyling Seminar

23 November 2016 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ

This crucial seminar will focus on regional views on recycling policy with speakers from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Attendees will discover the different approaches to recycling from the different regions, their ideas, the impacts and what the future holds.

The afternoon session will showcase pioneering ideas from the recycling industry including an examination of the future of films and case studies on farm waste, zero pellet loss and steel coil edge protection.

Aimed at senior and middle managers from all parts of the plastics recycling supply chain this is your chance to network with your peers, share ideas and to make sure that you and your staff are briefed on the very latest recycling techniques.

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Seminar Programme

10:00     Registration and Refreshment

10:25     Chairmans Introduction - Roger Baynham, Philip Tyler Polymers

10:30     Towards Circular Plastics - Role of the Virgin Resin Producer - Herman Van Roost, Total

10:45     Collection Blueprint Wales - Andy Rees, Welsh Government

11:05     Regional Perspectives on Recycling Policy
               Scotland - Andrew Dick, Zero Waste Scotland
               England - Claire Shrewsbury, WRAP
               Northern Ireland - Tim Walker, Belfast City Council

• An insight into the different regional perspectives and approaches to recycling policy

11:20     Panel Debate on Different Recycling Techniques in Regions of the UK
               Scotland - Andrew Dick, Zero Waste Scotland
               England - Claire Shrewsbury, WRAP
               Northern Ireland - Tim Walker, Belfast City Council
               Wales - Andy Rees, Welsh Government

• A panel debate with representatives from all regions of the UK looking at the reasons behind their different techniques and the pros and cons

11:35     Morning Break

11:50    Support that can be offered to Plastics Recyclers - Carl Nichols, WRAP Cymru

• An insight into the support available to companies from WRAP and how to access this support
   

12:10    EPS, Resource Efficiency and Recycling - Glyn Staines, Dart Products Europe & Lubna Edwards, LINPAC Packaging

12:40    Networking Lunch

13:40    How Recycling Farm Waste in Wales Can Generate Employment and Aid the Development of the Circular Economy
               Mike Baxter, BPI

• Case Study on the use of Farm Waste within the circular economy
   

14:00    The Circular Economy: A European Strategy on Plastics - Werner Bosmans, European Commission

14:20    Manufacturing Sustainable Packaging and Steel Coil Edge Protection - Damian Walsh, Pulse

• Our global market and opportunities
• Challenges and barriers

14:40    Afternoon Break

15:00    The Future Challenges of Recycling Flexible Packaging Films - Richard McKinlay and Keith Freegard, Axion Recycling

• Project Reflex
• The future of flexible films
• How to get them into the recycling packaging waste stream

15:20    Case Study: The circular Economy and the Ricoh 'Return, Recycle and Reuse' Initiative
               Part One | Part Two Andy Whyle, Ricoh

• Case Study from photocopier manufacturer Ricoh on their recycling policies
• Overcoming the barriers to zero waste to landfill

15:40    Close

Prices

• Members £60 + VAT
• Affiliate Members £79 + VAT
• Non Members £99 + VAT