Unlocking Reuse at Scale
Scaling reuse infrastructure is essential for transitioning to a circular packaging economy.
This session presents a first look at a UK-wide project modelling the UK infrastructure requirements for reuse to work at scale. It will explore key commercial and environmental factors that can accelerate this shift towards reuse, highlighting the critical levers necessary for making reuse viable across industries.
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Catherine Conway - Founder, GoUnpackaged, Circular Economy Taskforce DEFRA
Not only has GoUnpackaged created a new, desirable, sustainable category in modern retailing but Catherine’s passion for developing systems to enable refilling and reuse within various sectors has enabled many other businesses to create real and lasting change.
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Sarah Ottaway - Sustainability and Social Value Lead, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK
Sarah has spent 18 years in the resources sector developing innovative approaches, challenging thinking to look beyond “the way it’s always been done” and enabling her stakeholders to make good decisions for people and the planet.
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James Bull - Head of Packaging, Tesco
As head of packaging, James has been working to drive circularity and improvement across a vast portfolio of packaging. Removing where we can, reducing where we can’t, exploring reuse where it makes sense and ensuring everything can be recycled.
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Lowelle Bryan - Senior Specialist, WRAP
Lowelle leads the work on reuse at WRAP through The UK Plastics Pact and the recently launched International Reuse Community of Practice. She specifically works on reducing the reliance on single use plastics, with the ultimate ambition of making reuse mainstream.
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Amy Hooper - Innovation Manager, Biffa
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Global insights on packaging reuse for the UK
In preparation for the Global Reuse Summit, we have collaborated with environmental policy experts Eunomia Research & Consulting on a paper detailing global policy lessons for reuse systems. This paper sets the context for our policy panel chaired by Dr Chris Sherrington in discussion with Baroness Natalie Bennett and Dr Debbie Fletcher, highlighting what UK policy makers might consider when rethinking how our packaging system can be fit for a reuse future.
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The Global Reuse Summit is a City to Sea Campaign, in partnership with headline sponsors Ecosurety Ltd.
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