The Australian Packaging Covenant will host a one-day think tank to discuss current barriers to packaging sustainability.
It will bring together experts from industry, government, and academia for the event, called Packaging Sustainability: Innovate, Influence, Inspire, at the Pullman Hotel in Hyde Park, Sydney on 21 February.
They will discuss future opportunities with sustainable design and circular economies, which are key focus areas in the new Covenant five-year strategic plan, falling under APC pillar 1 – resource efficiency.
The event will help launch this new strategic direction and assess tangible, outcomes-focused ways to address these two areas.
Program for the day
The morning will start with two keynote speakers – Dr Leyla Acaroglu (2016 UN Champion of the Earth, designer and change maker) and Rob Gell (geomorphologist and environmental communicator).
Participants will then break into two specialised work streams to tap into the participant knowledge base and crowd-source new ideas on sustainable design, circular economy and soft plastics.
The outcome of these sessions will be a white paper with recommendations which address incorporating sustainable design and dealing with soft plastics in Australia.
