Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge: Enabling Research Programme
The aim of this £8 million programme was to fund innovative research to support more sustainable plastic packaging by addressing widely understood problems and knowledge gaps and overcoming barriers to fundamental systems change.
Reath
With support from the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging challenge, this Edinburgh-based start-up has developed a new digital passport platform that makes it easier for packaging to be reused.
Recycling by design
Training courses supported by the Smart Sustainable Plastics Packaging Challenge are raising industry awareness of what makes plastic packaging recyclable.
ReNew ELP
A new industrial process to tackle plastic packaging pollution turns waste plastic back into hydrocarbons that can be used again.
Impact Solutions: A Case Study
The UK Circular Plastic Network caught up with Tom Rose, Innovations Director at Impact Solutions, to discuss Impact Solutions’s work and their Baffled Oscillation Separation System.
Blue Castle: A Case Study
Blue Castle is a leading consultancy in sustainable business solutions, specialising in responsible waste management and energy procurement. UKCPN recently caught up with CEO of Blue Castle, Marie Harley, to find out a little bit more about what they do and their relationship with UKCPN and Innovate UK Business Connect.
Gomi: A Case Study
Gomi take plastic waste that is not widely recyclable and convert it into a raw material to create products. Gomi, who are based in Brighton, aim to prevent plastic waste ending up in landfill sites, oceans or from being incinerated. Gomi work with various types of plastic including, Flexible PE, PP and PS, crafting products such as speakers, portable chargers and soap dishes.
