A guide to sustainable packaging design

Last year the BTHA commissioned environmental design consultancy Beyondly to produce new guides exclusively for BTHA members to support members trying to reduce any negative environmental impacts of their business. These practical guides outline best practice and design considerations for both sustainable toy packaging, and toy product design and reuse.

This webinar series will go into these considerations in greater detail and provide an opportunity for members to discuss and ask questions.

The guidance can be found here.

Agenda:

• Consider packaging opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle.
• Define recyclability and learn what this means for your packaging.
• In depth consideration of packaging materials, encouraging critical analysis of material types. Comparing recyclability, carbon impact and wider environmental factors.
• Review the key drivers and barriers of packaging eco-design and wider industry initiatives to support and follow.

Speakers:

Charlotte Davies AIEMA, Resource Efficiency Consultant

A Resource Efficiency Consultant at Beyondly with an ingrained passion for all things environmental, reuse and material circularity. Charlotte supports the delivery of a range of services, focused on the circular economy and wider resource efficiency area supporting businesses to horizon scan for future legislation and understand requirements. She is keen to educate businesses on the importance of targeting embedded carbon in their net zero goals and carbon management strategies, highlighting the significance of waste reduction, material reuse and recycling. Charlotte regularly delivers services such as packaging optimisation, Plastic Packaging Tax support, Zero Waste to Landfill Certification and Life Cycle Assessments developing a deep understanding of resource circularity, material inputs and product/packaging end of life opportunities.

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Emma Wilkinson, AIEMA, Regulatory Affairs Leader

With over 2 years’ experience in resource and waste industry Emma is the Regulatory Affairs Leader at Beyondly, with a strong interest in resource efficiency, our transition to a circular economy and learning how these translate into government policy. She primarily supports the team with changing or new regulations for all services delivered at Beyondly, across packaging EPR, plastic packaging tax, DRS, WEEE, Batteries, ESOS, to name a few, though packaging EPR has been very much at focus over the past year! She also keeps a close eye to international policy developments impacting UK businesses. As the newly elected chair of the Packaging Scheme Forum, Emma is heavily involved with the implementation of packaging EPR for producers.

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Who are Beyondly?

At the heart of Beyondly is our planet. As a B Corp certified business we believe we can provide better solutions for a brighter tomorrow and are devoted to reinventing the wheel through our market leading environmental consultancy and compliance scheme. We share our knowledge to help businesses become more confident about their environmental choices, to establish a common purpose, as together we have the power to go further than net zero, to go beyond.
Beyondly are proud holders of the Customer Service Excellence Award, and the prestigious Investors in People Platinum. We are BSI Certified ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22301 and are a carbon neutral company, committed to achieving net zero emissions through the Race to Zero initiative.

From today to beyond, we take a partnership approach with all our customers to enable us to collaboratively create a better, fairer sustainable world for all.

https://www.beyond.ly