Understanding
Plastic & Plastic Recycling
Getting to grips with the problems and the potential
On completing this course you will be able to:
Understand the history of plastics and plastic recycling
Confidently talk to your waste contractor about how they manage your plastics
Set up systems to manage your hard-to-recycle plastics
Adopt circular economy thinking
Comprehend the upcoming waste and resources strategy and what this will mean for plastics production and your business
Find out how other organisations are approaching plastics recycling:
Introduction
CPD Accreditation
Do you know?
Introduction: Is plastic really the problem?
Plastics: Past
The packaging shift
Do you know?
Plastics: Present
Plastics: Recycling
Knowledge check
Learning Action: How complicated is the plastic packaging in your office?
Do you know?
Understanding plastic recycling
Managing your plastic recycling
How to improve your plastic recycling?
Managing hard-to-recycle plastics
Processes to manage hard-to-recycle plastics
Knowledge check
Learning Action: What to ask your waste management company
Learning Action: What is in your recycling bin?
Learning Action: Improve your plastic recycling
Learning Action: Set up a scheme to manage your hard-to-recycle plastics
Do you know?
Introduction: Plastics future
Rethinking materials: Circular economy principles
The UK Government's Waste and Resources Strategy
Explained: The changes to plastics recycling
The New Plastics Economy and Plastics Pact targets and framework
Reimagining packaging with reuse
Links to initiatives and reuse schemes
Recycled plastics and closed loop recycling
Conclusion
Knowledge check
Learning Action: Identifying the circular economy
Case Study: Better You
Manic Veganic
Learning Action Assignments
Feedback
Being a change maker!
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Livvy Drake
Here's what attendees of our workshops have to say
With the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs
Our full 6-week course supports you to better understand plastics and packaging. You’ll also learn how to do an audit, work with your supply chain and deliver behaviour change in your workplace
Yes. But we recommend you to a section at a time and undertake the optional activities to embed the knowledge and make changes in your organisation.
No. However, you and your business will get more from the course if you undertake them as they are all focused on making changes within your workplace. There are guidance documents for every practical activity. But these are optional and can be done at a time that suits you.
The Sustainable Sidekicks are a consultancy focused on supporting workplaces, green champions and event organisers. We are here to support your sustainability journey with our knowledge and experience in waste reduction, behaviour change and engagement campaigns. We have a range of backgrounds from event sustainability, plastics and food waste reduction campaigns, as well as corporate and student engagement campaigns. Head to www.sustainablesidekicks.com to find out more.
Yes, we offer consultancy services. Head to www.sustainablesidekicks.com and drop us an email through the contact form.
Then drop us an email: courses [at] sustainablesidekicks.com
Yes, you can. Simply email us and we can refund the cost of this one against the full course.
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