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Future of Food Packaging: Implementation of the Plastic Packaging Tax

14 Sep 2022

Loughry Campus, Cookstown

Wednesday 14th September 2022, 8:30am -1:00pm
Recreation Centre, CAFRE Loughry Campus, Cookstown, BT80 9AA  

The Northern Ireland Food and Packaging Industry is rapidly changing in response to consumer demand for more sustainable packaging. To meet this growing sustainability requirement there needs to be closer collaboration between government, research bodies, manufacturers, retailers, and recyclers to identify innovative sustainable packaging solutions.

CAFRE along with Invest NI and the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) are actively encouraging collaboration by running a series of events entitled ‘The Future of Food Packaging.’ The next event will focus on a review of the Plastic Packaging Tax.


The Plastic Packaging Tax was implemented in the UK from 1st April 2022. Join Hilary Pogson and Lucia Suggitt from HMRC, as they update attendees on the tax.

Participants will also have the opportunity to hear from a range of speakers who can assist companies to manage the implementation of the plastics tax and hear from the NIFDA Packaging Forum and Foundation Earth on what they are doing and their plans for the future.    

After the presentations, there will be a question and answer session, chaired by Ron Gardiner, Technical Sales Manager, Eva-Tec and Vice Chair of The Irish Packaging Society.

Agenda and guest speakers:

8:30     Breakfast and networking
Reception area, Recreational Centre, CAFRE
9:15     Welcome
            Michael Bell, Executive Director, NIFDA
9:20     Update on the Plastics Tax
            Hilary Pogson and Lucia Suggitt, HMRC
10:00   Live Q&A with HMRC
            Chaired by Michael Bell, Executive Director, NIFDA
10:45   Break
11:00
   Overview of the role of the NIFDA Packaging Forum
           Gillian Shields, Sustainability Partnership Manager, Coca Cola HBC
11:15   Certifying your plastics for sustainable ethical procurement and plastics tax compliance
            Tim Baldwin, Executive Director, SC Group
11:30   How a Plastics Packaging Tax Impact Assessment can help your business
            Lisa Hand, Business Development Director, Food for Thought
11:45   The Front of pack environmental labelling scheme developed by Foundation Earth
            Jonathan Birnie, Managing Director, Foundation Earth
12:00   Live Q&A and event close
             Ron Gardiner, Technical Sales Manager, Eva-Tec and Vice Chair of The Irish Packaging Society
12:15   Lunch  
13:00   Optional tours of Packaging Centre and the Robotics and Automation Centre at CAFRE,
            including review of collaborative QUB/CAFRE work