Plastics Packaging in the UK : A Roadmap for the Future

1 December 2016 | BPF House, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JE   

What will the future hold for the Plastics Packaging industry in the UK? The BPF and Plastics Europe joint event Plastics Packaging ‘Roadmap for the Future’ event will explore this crucial theme in this one day seminar.  Corporate giants Marks and Spencer will join Defra and WRAP in discussing their future strategies and directions for their UK operations.

This event will provide a valuable opportunity to network and to discover what government and your customers are planning and how it will affect your industry.

Who should attend?
This seminar is aimed at plastics packaging professionals from plastic producers and distributors as well as industry representatives who wish to update their knowledge of the plastics packaging industry.

Seminar Programme:

10:00  Registration and Refreshment

10:25  Chairmans Introduction

10.30  The Likely Direction of UK Environmental Legislation Post Brexit - Chris Preston, Defra

• What the future of Environmetnal Legislation will look like post Brexit
• The impact for the UK plastics industry

 
10.50  Joint Ambition for a Zero Waste Britain - Trewin Restorick, Hubbub

• An outline of the zero waste strategy
• The aims of the strategy
• The implications for our industry

11:20  Morning Break

11:45  Marks and Spencers New Strategy - Kevin Vyse,  Marks and Spencer 

• The Success of Plan A
• Future Marks and Spencer Planning Strategies
   

12.10   What the Industry needs to do to counter deposits - Gavin Partington, BSDA

12.35  Operation Clean Sweep - Helen Jordan, British Plastics Federation

12:40  Networking Lunch

13:30  Identiplast 2016 - Kim Christiansen, Plastics Europe

13:40  Breaking Down the Technical Barriers to Reach Sustainable Circular Materials Flow - Keith Freegard, Axion Consulting

• REFLEX project conclusion of work and next steps to carry on the work for flexible packaging films 
• PTTs - overcoming  perceived technical barrier
• PET  flake processing and black tray processing

14.10    Packaging Recyclability - Designing the future - Iain Ferguson, Co-op

14.40    Standardising Recycling Collection - Linda Crichton,  WRAP

• Wraps Cross Industry Report on ways to Bring Greater Consistency to Recycling Collection in England

15:10  Close

Prices:

BPF Members £75 + VAT 
Affiliate Members £99 + VAT
Non BPF Members £125 + VAT

Ticket Includes:

• Networking Lunch
• Complimentary Teas and Coffees throughout the event
• Free Wi-Fi access
• Free Car Parking (subject to availability)
• Full delegate pack, including speaker notes
• Access to PDF of speaker presentations