The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched their latest sustainable online course: ‘A Guide to Incorporating Recycled Plastic into Packaging’. The CPD accredited online training brings together over sixty years of insights from leading packaging experts within the BPF’s extensive network, and an introductory 50% discount is available to UKCPN readers using the voucher code ukcpn when purchasing the course.
Funded by the BPF and UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge, the course will enable early-stage designers, processors, brands, and those in the plastics supply chain to create more sustainable plastic packaging solutions. The latest addition to a collection of industry short courses on PolymerCourses.com, it features frameworks, ideas, and technical considerations to help beginners navigate the issues around recycled content in packaging. Available globally, the course will help shape the eco design of plastic packaging everywhere.
The course content includes:
- Introduction to using recycled content
- Policy and legislation
- Technical considerations
- Auditing, reporting and standards
- Making claims
- Design for recyclability
- Processing
Brian Lodge, Director of Plastics and Flexible Packaging at the BPF, said:
“I’m proud to have been involved in the creation of this very innovative world-class training. Having designed plastic packaging for the circular economy for many years, this resource is something I wish I had when I started. Graduates of this course will be able to create packaging with recycled content that can meet the needs of the brand, supply chain, the consumer, and the product.”
Paul Davidson, director of the SSPP Challenge, said:
“We are delighted to have been able to co-fund this course; new skills are critical to the task of making plastic packaging more circular. This course will also help the global plastic packaging industry to respond to a range of measures being implemented around the world to stimulate the uptake of recycled content, including the UK Plastic Packaging Tax.”
