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SUMMARY:Action on Packaging: How the Co-op made all its own brand packagin
 g recyclable. - Robert Thompson\, Coop
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CONTACT:David Blake
DESCRIPTION:For full details and to make a booking please go to:\nhttps://
 www.meetup.com/Cambridge-IET-Engineering-and-Technology-Meetup/events/2790
 73271/\n\nRobert Thompson will explain how the Co-op overcame challenges t
 o increase the recyclability of own brand packaging lines from 46% in 2016
  to 100% in 2021. The talk will cover how the Co-op overcame challenges in
  defining what ‘recyclable’ means\, how they worked with over 300 supp
 liers to ensure the packaging of 3\,000 own brand products was recyclable\
 , how they became the market for their own recyclate\, and how they develo
 ped a system for recycling flexible plastic films in store. Finally\, Rob 
 will look at future challenges regarding responsible material choices and 
 climate change.\n\nRob leads the packaging sustainability strategy for own
  brand packaging within the Ethics\, Sustainability and Policy team at Co-
 op Food. He has worked in packaging development for over 20 years with exp
 erience gained working in composite can manufacture\, frozen food\, soft d
 rinks and retail. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and a fellow of the I
 nstitute of Materials\, Minerals and Mining.
LOCATION: Webinar  (via Zoom online)
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