Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging
Packed with expert speakers, including from across the IOM3 Technical Communities, this online event and view-in-advance session will unpack the major packaging reform consultations and explore the material-specific opportunities and challenges.
A week before the event, delegates will have access to an on-demand session unpacking the consultations on UK Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging and Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
At the event itself, delegates will hear from a host of expert speakers as they explore the consultations in greater detail and discuss the materials-specific implications. Attendees will have the opportunity to choose between metal and plastic break-out streams to dive deeper into the detail.
Pre-event on-demand session
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In this on-demand explainer, Dr Colin Church, CEO, IOM3 is joined by IOM3 Resources Strategy Group board members Pat Jennings, Policy Knowledge & External Affairs Director, CIWM and Dr Adam Read FIMMM External Affairs Director, SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK to unpick what the UK Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and England, Wales and Northern Ireland Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) consultations mean, who will pay, the implications, and the interactions between the two sets of proposals. Register for the event to view the on-demand session on this page.
Event Session 1 Unpacking the consultations
Pat Jennings Policy, Knowledge & External Affairs Director at CIWM will take questions relating to the on-demand session. Any questions should be submitted using the form below the video by 5pm (BST) Tuesday 27 April.
Event Session 2: A materials perspective
After an overarching materials session and introduction to modulated fees, delegates will have the opportunity to choose between a metal packaging or plastic packaging breakout stream to explore the material-specific opportunities and challenges in greater detail. Please select your preferred breakout stream when registering.
The chairs of the two sessions will share the key findings from the breakout streams as they join a panel of expert speakers also covering glass, wood and paper/board packaging.
Event Session 3: Moving the conversation forward
Chaired by IOM3 Packaging Society Chair Jude Allan FIMMM, this session will explore hot topics within the consultations and look at the next steps.
Programme
Welcome and introductions
Rachel Stonehouse, Policy Research Fellow, IOM3
Session 1: Unpacking the consultations
Highlights of the pre-event on-demand session and Q&A
Pat Jennings, Knowledge & External Affairs Director, CIWM | IOM3 Resources Strategy Group
Session 2: A Materials Perspective
Chair: Dr Adam Read, External Affairs Director, SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK | IOM3 Resources Strategy Group
Overarching materials view – achieving a system that works for everyone
Paul Vanston, Chief Executive, The Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment (INCPEN)
| Stream 1: Metal Packaging | Stream 2: Plastic Packaging |
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| Chair: Dr Robert Fell Director and Chief Executive Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association |
Chair: Dr Sally Beken UK Circular Plastics Network Manager KTN | IOM3 Polymer Group |
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Steel producer & reporcessor perspective Nicola Jones Steel Packaging Recycling Manager Tata Steel |
EPR for plastic packaging – an overview |
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Aluminium packaging Dr Mike Clinch Senior Consultant & Materials Development Group Leader Innoval Technology Limited | IOM3 Light Metals Division |
Key directions for EPR in plastics -design and PCR |
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| Metal packaging manufacturer perspective Elaine Barrett European Environmental Manager Crown |
The merits (or otherwise) of the approach to biodegradable packaging |
Metal: Dr Robert Fell, Director and Chief Executive, MPMA
Plastic: Dr Sally Beken, UK Circular Plastics Network Manager, KTN
Glass: Dr Nick Kirk, Technical Director, British Glass
Paper/board: Dr Sarah Connolly
Wood: Dr Graham Ormondroyd, Bangor University | IOM3 Wood Technology Society
Session 3: Hot topics/moving the conversation forward
Chair: Jude Allan, Chair, IOM3 Packaging Society
Consumer facing labelling
Dr Margaret Bates, Executive Director, OPRL Ltd | IOM3 Packaging Society
End-user perspective
Niall Walker, Packaging Sustainability Manager, Global Procurement, Diageo
Speakers
Dr Colin Church
Pat Jennings
Dr Adam Read
Dr Robert Fell
Professor Mike Clinch
Dr Nick Kirk
Dr Sarah Connolly
Dr Graham Ormondroyd
Margaret Bates
Jude Allan
Mike Swain BSc(Hons) FIMMM
Paul Vanston
Dr Sally Beken
Elaine Barrett
Nicola Jones
Niall Walker
Professor Edward Kosior
Danielle Purkiss
IOM3 CEO Dr Colin Church FIMMM CEnv CRWM MCIWM says, ‘These consultations represent a concrete step in addressing some of the issues surrounding the production, use and end of life management of packaging and will have significant implications for many of our members and the organisations in which they work. IOM3 welcomes this evidence of continued efforts to implement wider policy contexts in the four nations of the UK aiming to improve how we manage our resources and minimise waste. I strongly encourage members with an interest to get in touch so that we can use their expertise to inform the contribution that IOM3 will be making to Government.’
To find out more about the consultations, click here and to contribute your expertise to the IOM3 responses, contact [email protected]
