Sustainable Packaging: Is it all it’s cracked up to be?
The conference brought an honest, thought‑provoking day exploring what sustainability in packaging really delivers — separating ambition from reality, myth from impact, and hype from what actually works.
To download pdf copies of the presentations, please see below
AM Session
Introduction to the day: Liam Barbary, MPkgS and a special address by Christine Blackmore, President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).
JAMES PIPER (KEYNOTE), Co-owner of ECOSURETY & Non-Exec Director of OPRL
Presentation: How to communicate sustainability effectively.
ADAM HERRIOT, Interim Lead of UK Packaging Pact, WRAP
Presentation: Pact to Reality – The circular economy sounds simple on paper. In practice, it’s far more complicated. This session explores how the UK Packaging Pact is helping turn ambition into delivery across packaging design, recycling, reuse, infrastructure, and data.
DR ADAM READ, Chief External Affairs & Sustainability Officer, SUEZ UK.
Presentation: Lessons from the front line – a waste manager’s take on circular materials, packaging and systems…..
LIANNE PEMBERTON, Sustainability Lead for UK & Ireland, SMURFIT WESTROCK
Presentation: Sustainable Packaging — Are We Solving the Right Problems?
PM Session
DR NIKKI CLARK, School of Design and Creative Arts, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
Presentation: Research Project Introduction: Growing the Next Generation of Packaging Talent.
ADAM ROBINSON, Head of Sustainability, PARANOVA PRINT & PACKAGING
Presentation: Sustainable Packaging: A converter’s perspective
JAMIE RILEY, Head of Sustainability, ROBINSON PACKAGING
Presentation: Sustainability in Plastics Today: Challenges, Reality and the Opportunities Ahead
ANNA ROBERTS, Head of Marketing Development, INTERU
Presentation: EUDR: What has changed for the UK packaging industry?
To watch a recording of the presentations, please see below
AM Session https://youtu.be/T4uzyoHoj3g
PM Session https://youtu.be/g07BfCqtsqg
