Organised by the UK Circular Plastics Network (UKCPN) & Innovate UK, GRIPS was originally founded as a virtual conference during the global pandemic in 2020. Nearly 3000 attended this first event and in successive years we have run the event either virtually or physically as the situation merits. Each of the conference sessions is recorded, giving us an in-depth record of the content delivered, and is a valuable resource for those wanting to understand the complexity of the plastics sustainability sector.