Transit packaging such as boxes, inserts, pallets, shrink wrap and strapping otherwise known as secondary or tertiary packaging is an essential requirement for many industries. However, it can often have detrimental impact on the environment through unintended plastic waste leakage.
For businesses in Greater Manchester, understanding how packaging can be developed or disposed of sustainably can prove challenging, but also an opportunity to innovate.
The Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub (SMI Hub) is a new regional innovation programme led by Royce to provide businesses across Greater Manchester with trusted sustainability solutions for the use and end-of-life fate of plastics.
On 27 January 2021, the SMI Hub will host a webinar to explore how we can support environmentally ambitious businesses in Greater Manchester by providing trusted sustainability advice, materials assessment facilities and help develop innovative solutions for plastics use.
During the second half of this webinar attendees from businesses will be invited to join focused discussion groups addressing the challenge of transit packaging. We are keen to hear about experiences with packaging end-of-life issues from all sectors.
What to expect:
- Intro to the SMI Hub (Professor Michael Shaver, Director)
- Our Approach: Advise, Assess, Innovate (examples of how this support can work to deliver meaningful change)
- Discussion Groups: Opportunities and challenges for transit packaging disposal:
– Current and emerging regional recycling opportunities
– Challenges when recycling packaging
– Reducing and reusing transit packaging
Who should attend?
This event is aimed at Greater Manchester SMEs (<250 employees, <50m EUR turnover) and large organisations looking to partner with SMEs based in Greater Manchester looking to find out more about sustainable solutions for plastics use and end of life.
After the event there will be an opportunity to book a 1-2-1 session with our Industry Liaison Officers to discuss specific requirements for your business that may benefit from SMI Hub support.
For queries please contact smi.hub@royce.ac.uk
The SMI Hub is part of the Henry Royce Institute at The University of Manchester and is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
