Trends in Plastics Packaging

Dr Jean-Yves Cherruault, Sustain
Dr Jean-Yves Cherruault is the manager of Product and Supply Chain at Sustain and is a successful chartered mechanical engineer and environmental consultant. He is educated to PhD level with over 12 years of UK based professional experience in project management, consultancy, research and development.
Jean-Yves has provided technical input and assisted in the coordination and management of EU collaborative research and development projects. This included DTI Eureka! and EU SAVE programmes within the sustainable transport, energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors. He has also advised and supported FTSE 100 organisations on carbon compliance schemes such as the EU Emissions Trading Schemes, Climate Change Agreements and CRC. He has also led carbon management strategies at product and organisational level.
Specifically on the product side, Jean-Yves has led several carbon footprint studies within the Food and Drinks, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Insurance sectors.

Richard Laming, British Soft Drinks Association

Richard Laming is Media Director of the British Soft Drinks Association, the national trade association representing the interests of producers and manufacturers of soft drinks including carbonated drinks, still and dilutable drinks, fruit juices and smoothies, and bottled waters.

Bob Lisney, ACP

Bob is a self employed consultant who specialises in providing strategic policy advice and business development to public, private and voluntary sectors.

He is the Chairman of the Government’s expert committee on packaging  

Previously Bob ran his own consultancy business, LRL, after a long and successful career in the public sector working  for Hampshire County Council where he was instrumental in the development of the award winning public/private network of 13 local authorities and contractors known as Project Integra to recover and process Hampshire’s waste.

He  subsequently led the council to adopt a new approach in the management of all material resources instead of waste and the resulting strategy has been influential in creating a national debate, broadening the agenda to carbon reduction , job creation and energy supply and security. He is particularly interested in the means to deliver and is thus very practical in developing solutions.

Recently he was the initial director and then programme advisor for a South East project ‘pathway to zero waste’ which was successful in reducing wastes and creating alternative recovery routes for materials.

He uses his wide experience and transformational skills to work strategically with clients that include Government, Local Government, Trade Associations, and a range of private sector companies.

He has chaired charities in the fields of Deaf and hard of hearing, film, and resource management. He is currently a trustee of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.

Bruce Margetts - RPC Containers
Bruce has been involved in manufacturing plastics Packaging for 25 years, encompassing all the key conversion technologies. Bruce has spent the last 14 years at RPC Containers. He was initially responsible for an extrusion and thermoforming factory and is currently responsible for the RPC UK injection moulding businesses at five sites across the UK.