Zero Waste Scotland and Scotland Europa are delighted to invite you to a panel discussion taking place in Scotland House Brussels on Thursday 16 November, to kick off European Week of Waste Reduction.
It is increasingly clear that single-use packaging, both plastics and paper-based alternatives, are driving environmental harm and perpetuating a throwaway culture. We cannot simply recycle our way out of this crisis, but rather we need to invest and innovate to create workable solutions for the packaging sector.
Against the backdrop of Scotland and the EU’s ambitious targets for net zero and the circular economy, we are excited to convene a panel of change-makers from business, policy, and citizen groups working in Scotland and across the EU. Together we will discuss both the challenges and opportunities as we navigate the path towards a re-use system for packaging.
Panellists include –
- Stuart Chidley – Co-founder of Beauty Kitchen, a pioneering company that delivered one of the first re-usable packaging solutions for the cosmetics industry. Having recently launched a Re-useable Packaging Platform – Reposit- he continues his work with stakeholders across the value chain to remove the barriers to accelerating the transition to reuse.
- Aline Maigret – Head of Policy at Zero Waste Europe
- Sarah Risch – Policy Advisor at OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders) working on the topic of reusable packaging within the Green Deal Anders Verpakt
The session will be moderated by Ray Georgeson, Head of Policy at Zero Waste Scotland. You can register to attend the event here.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with Lorna.Murphy@scotent.co.uk.
