The Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) conference, exhibition and showcase is back for its third year from 10 – 11 May 2023. Featuring 70+ innovative exhibitors, the two-day event will hold numerous interactive sessions hosted by over 80 sector experts.
Innovators in plastics sustainability are once again invited to submit their work to be considered for “GRIPS Most Innovative”. The deadline has been extended to 5pm GMT on Friday 14 April.
Cheltenham and South Gloucestershire are the first local authorities to agree to trial kerbside collections of flexible plastic packaging under the Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) FlexCollect project.
This challenge is to support the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in finding innovators that can reprocess, re-use or modify large quantities of surplus PPE gowns, goggles, visors and hand sanitiser into new products that have further application or use. Innovators should have capacity to handle significant volumes of products.
The event recording is now available to watch back from our event with Innovate UK KTN and the Royal Society of Chemistry on 15th June titled ‘Plastics from Cradle to Grave and Resurrection III’.
The Plastics Live exhibition and conference is a new annual event for the plastics sector in the UK and Ireland, which took place 5th – 6th July in Coventry. UKCPN’s Dr. Sally Beken spoke at the event.
RECOUP have released a reusable packaging design survey for the TRACE project.
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious companies to participate in the Global Business Innovation Programme.
Two Innovate UK funded businesses are actively eradicating plastic waste through innovative solutions; find out how Innovate UK KTN shaped the journeys of Biome Bioplastics and Impact Recycling.
Welcome to the sixth instalment of our new weekly series of news updates from the UK Circular Plastics Network, entitled Plastics Newsroom.
