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Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging

Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Summit 2023

The prestigious Royal Institution in London was the venue for the recent Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Summit 2023, bringing together over 100 stakeholders from across the plastic packaging supply chain and beyond.

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24/04/2023
GRIPS conference, Coventry Building Society Arena, 10-11 May 2023

The GRIPS 2023 Conference is just a few weeks away!

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.

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06/04/2023
Young innovator

2023’s Best Innovations in Plastics Sustainability to be celebrated at GRIPS

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.

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06/04/2023
News

Cheltenham and South Gloucestershire join the UK’s biggest flexible plastic household collection and recycling pilot

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.

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12/10/2022
News

iX Challenges: re-processing, re-using or modifying excess PPE and hand sanitiser

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.

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30/08/2022
News

Plastics, from Cradle to Grave and Resurrection III – Event Recording

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’.

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17/06/2022
News

Sally Beken Heralds Developments in Sustainability at Plastics Live

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.

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25/05/2022
News

RECOUP Reusable Packaging Design Survey

RECOUP have released a reusable packaging design survey for the TRACE project.

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09/05/2022
News

Global Business Innovation Programme South Africa: Sustainable Plastics

Innovate UK is inviting ambitious companies to participate in the Global Business Innovation Programme.

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03/03/2022
News

Biome Bioplastics and Impact Recycling: how Innovate UK shaped their journeys

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.

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03/03/2022
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