CIWM Technical Webinar: Flexible Plastics and Films, considering what’s next
Supporting the progression of resource optimising policies like Simpler Recycling and DRS is key to the progress of the sector, but how do these policies’ requirements impact current operating infrastructures? What are the challenges, and how can we anticipate what's coming next to allow for infrastructure that can operate and support effective, high-capacity material sorting and recovery?
Date: Monday 23rd February
Time: 12:30- 14:00
Venue: Zoom, links to follow closer to the event
CPD? Yes
Cost: FREE for CIWM Members
£20.00 + VAT for Non-members
This discussion will encourage conversation around:
- Infrastructure overview, what current policies require MURFs to sort and the impact of potentially more plastics being collected
- Current feedback, the positives and negatives from key learnings so far
- Infrastructure challenges with flexible plastics, from the collection process to the potential of vehicle requirement changes, material contamination, and maybe the technology enhancements required
- What does the end market look like for flexibles, considering the composition of the material, as well as the product as a whole
- Is the push for behaviour change around this specific material / market worth it?
- Future proofing, what materials could come next?
This session will include active participation from attendees as a way for CIWM to feed back key points from the conversation to the sector.
This session is part of the ‘Innovating Sector Infrastructures’ technical webinar series.