Many Happy Returns - Enabling reusable packaging systems
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Psychology
Abstract
Our current approach to packaging food and other products is not sustainable; being primarily based on single-use plastics that, when disposed of incorrectly, cause significant harm to the environment. Recycling, while clearly a better option than landfill, also has its limitations - e.g., the functional properties of plastics degrade as a result of the recycling process. And reducing consumption is only possible to a certain degree. It is therefore clear that we - that is science, industry, government, and society - need to find ways to enable people to reuse packaging, such that it stays in circulation longer before ending up in the waste stream. The proposed research, led by a multidisciplinary team of scientists working in partnership with key stakeholders, will explore models of reuse and provide the insights needed to enable a wholesale shift toward reuse.
Our research will be structured around five work packages (WPs). WP1 will examine the language that people use to describe different types of plastic and actions associated with their reuse / disposal. We will study the extent to which public understanding of plastic and actions is aligned with that of stakeholders (e.g., local authorities, manufacturers), and how language can be used as a tool to promote changes in thinking and behaviour (e.g., by describing materials and actions in different ways). WP2 will look at both historical (e.g., doorstep delivery of milk) and contemporary (e.g., supermarket refill stations) models of reuse, as well as standardised models of packaging (e.g., tin cans) to identify what role reuse might play in the future and what factors might facilitate and/or impede this. WP3 will identify what people might be willing to reuse, when, and why. We will also consider the point at which deterioration in materials and / or potential contamination makes reuse unacceptable; and, critically, how such decisions might be shifted in an effort to promote (appropriate) reuse. WP4 will use life cycle assessment to identify the environmental impacts of a range of different reuse models in a range of different contexts; thereby providing the data needed to accurately determine which model of reuse is "best". Finally, WP5 will investigate the suitability of current and emerging polymers, and other materials for reusable packaging by simulating repeated washing and potential contamination by ingredients in food, personal care, and household products.
Together, the outputs of the proposed research will be an understanding, based on robust scientific data, of when and how reuse models for plastic packaging make good sense. For example, our research may lay the groundwork for promoting a societal-shift in thinking toward buying the product, but renting the packaging. Our approach recognises that a new system that prioritises reuse, and then recycling, of durable materials requires a step change in behaviour and that truly creative and novel ideas occur at the interfaces between disciplines, when different perspectives are brought together in an open and 'safe' environment. The applicants have demonstrated their ability to work together as a multidisciplinary team alongside key stakeholders as in an on-going single use plastics project. The present proposal describes the research needed to translate this expertise and initial ideas into scientifically rigorous and joined up data that can provide the basis for delivering reuse as a national (and potentially international) vision; thereby, preventing plastic from entering the environment and stimulating more sustainable business, supply chain, and economic models.
Our research will be structured around five work packages (WPs). WP1 will examine the language that people use to describe different types of plastic and actions associated with their reuse / disposal. We will study the extent to which public understanding of plastic and actions is aligned with that of stakeholders (e.g., local authorities, manufacturers), and how language can be used as a tool to promote changes in thinking and behaviour (e.g., by describing materials and actions in different ways). WP2 will look at both historical (e.g., doorstep delivery of milk) and contemporary (e.g., supermarket refill stations) models of reuse, as well as standardised models of packaging (e.g., tin cans) to identify what role reuse might play in the future and what factors might facilitate and/or impede this. WP3 will identify what people might be willing to reuse, when, and why. We will also consider the point at which deterioration in materials and / or potential contamination makes reuse unacceptable; and, critically, how such decisions might be shifted in an effort to promote (appropriate) reuse. WP4 will use life cycle assessment to identify the environmental impacts of a range of different reuse models in a range of different contexts; thereby providing the data needed to accurately determine which model of reuse is "best". Finally, WP5 will investigate the suitability of current and emerging polymers, and other materials for reusable packaging by simulating repeated washing and potential contamination by ingredients in food, personal care, and household products.
Together, the outputs of the proposed research will be an understanding, based on robust scientific data, of when and how reuse models for plastic packaging make good sense. For example, our research may lay the groundwork for promoting a societal-shift in thinking toward buying the product, but renting the packaging. Our approach recognises that a new system that prioritises reuse, and then recycling, of durable materials requires a step change in behaviour and that truly creative and novel ideas occur at the interfaces between disciplines, when different perspectives are brought together in an open and 'safe' environment. The applicants have demonstrated their ability to work together as a multidisciplinary team alongside key stakeholders as in an on-going single use plastics project. The present proposal describes the research needed to translate this expertise and initial ideas into scientifically rigorous and joined up data that can provide the basis for delivering reuse as a national (and potentially international) vision; thereby, preventing plastic from entering the environment and stimulating more sustainable business, supply chain, and economic models.
Organisations
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF UK) (Collaboration)
- IBM (Collaboration)
- LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Britvic (Collaboration)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Collaboration)
- Nestlé (Global) (Collaboration)
- Greenpeace International (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Reckitt Benckiser (Collaboration)
- Diageo (Collaboration)
- Utrecht University (Collaboration)
- Clinical Studies Study Group (Collaboration)
- Morrison Supermarkets plc (Collaboration)
- Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (Collaboration)
- The Co-operative Group Ltd (Collaboration)
- Marks and Spencer (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Our Cow Molly Dairy Ice Cream (Collaboration)
- Policy Connect (Collaboration)
- City, University of London (Collaboration)
- BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON (Collaboration)
- Unpackaged Innovation Ltd (Project Partner)
- Marks and Spencer (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Touch Design (Project Partner)
- Co-operative Group Limited (Project Partner)
- Unicus (Project Partner)
- OPRL Limited (Project Partner)
- Berry Global CPI (Project Partner)
- Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures (Project Partner)
- Nestlé (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Morrisons (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Pott S
(2024)
Does Providing Information about Cleaning Increase People's Willingness to (Re)Use Bowls That Show Signs of Previous Use?
in Sustainability
Ratay C
(2024)
Does a holiday break disrupt pro-environmental behaviors? Using field data to test the durability of pro-environmental behaviors and the moderating effect of habit
in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Gavins J
(2024)
How to talk about plastics
Charles G Bradley
(2023)
Towards a shared design research agenda for reusable packaging systems
Collis B
(2023)
Signs of Use Present a Barrier to Reusable Packaging Systems for Takeaway Food
in Sustainability
Wilson G
(2023)
New metaphors for plastic packaging
Beswick-Parsons R
(2023)
Understanding national variations in reusable packaging: Commercial drivers, regulatory factors, and provisioning systems
in Geoforum
Franklin E
(2022)
"I don't think education is the answer": A corpus-assisted ecolinguistic analysis of plastics discourses in the UK.
in Journal of world languages
Baird HM
(2022)
Exploring attitudes towards more sustainable dentistry among adults living in the UK.
in British dental journal
Ryan AJ
(2022)
Engineering chemistry to meet COP26 targets.
in Nature reviews. Chemistry
Allison A
(2022)
Reducing plastic waste: A meta-analysis of influences on behaviour and interventions
in Journal of Cleaner Production
Baird H
(2022)
This has already been used! A paradigm to measure the point at which people become unwilling to use reusable containers
in Journal of Cleaner Production
Greenwood, S
(2021)
Reusable Plastic Packaging - Threat or Opportunity
in Interplas Insights
Parsons R
(2021)
The role of plastic packaging in transforming food retailing
in British Food Journal
Greenwood S
(2021)
Many Happy Returns: Combining insights from the environmental and behavioural sciences to understand what is required to make reusable packaging mainstream
in Sustainable Production and Consumption
Korley LTJ
(2021)
Toward polymer upcycling-adding value and tackling circularity.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Greenwood, S
(2021)
IOM3
in Refil, return and repurpose - the reuse and recycling paradigm
Description | WP1 (language) has compiled two large corpora which are now being analysed. Household research engagement conducted as part of WP2 has shown that informal forms of reuse are present throughout households. This observation potentially provides valuable foundations for the growth of reuse and the reassurance to commercial partners to scale up the introduction of reuse systems. The research conducted for WP3 has made it clear that people are relatively unwilling to reuse containers that show signs of use (e.g., for takeaway food). As this poses a potential barrier to the success of reuse systems (within which containers are likely to become worn), we are exploring strategies for increasing willingness to reuse containers. Anecdotally, it has also become clear from extensive discussions with project partners that a reuse system for dairy food, such as yoghurt, poses a number of significant challenges that need to be addressed before moving forward. We are in the process of detailing these and planning work to explore them further. |
Exploitation Route | Still in exploration stage. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Environment |
Description | We are preparing a Final Report which we will email to plastics@nerc.ukri.org by 30 April 2024 as requested. |
First Year Of Impact | 2024 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment,Retail |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | All Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group Inquiry |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://www.policyconnect.org.uk/research/unpacking-circular-economy-unlocking-reuse-scale |
Description | Contribution to rountable webinar with WWF 'Unlocking the potential of reuse) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Engagement with WRAP on the UK Plastics pact in relation to Refill and Reuse |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Engaging with DEFRA on Refill and Reuse |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Influence NGO Policy |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Oral evidence given to EFRA committee |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/event/6621/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ |
Description | Policy Connect |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Written response to the EFRA consultation of Plastic Waste |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Written response to the consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, Second Consultation. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-p... |
Description | Written response to the consultation on Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Second Consultation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/ |
Description | Business-driven systemic solutions for sustainable plastic packaging reuse schemes in mass market applications (BUDDIE-PACK) |
Amount | € 6,887,182 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Department | Horizon 2020 |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 01/2025 |
Description | Capturing and Processing Compostable Packaging - Behaviour Change Interventions and Infrastructure Considerations |
Amount | ÂŁ896,611 (GBP) |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 01/2025 |
Description | Festival of the Mind - Plastic: A Cheap Luxury? |
Amount | ÂŁ4,786 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Festival of the Mind - Yes, it's plastic, but |
Amount | ÂŁ5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Grantham Opportunities Fund |
Amount | ÂŁ3,599 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Department | Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2024 |
End | 12/2024 |
Description | TRACE - Technology enabled Reusable Assets for a Circular Economy |
Amount | ÂŁ1,398,911 (GBP) |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | University of Sheffield - Policy Connect |
Amount | ÂŁ5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2022 |
End | 09/2022 |
Title | A paradigm to measure the point at which people become unwilling to use reusable containers |
Description | Computer-based task for measuring the point at wich people become unwilling to reuse containers |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Research insights as described in our forthcoming paper in the Journal of Cleaner Production |
URL | http://osf.io/5tnmb |
Title | Language Corpus 1 |
Description | A corpus of public-facing texts around plastic, packaging and reuse, including responses to a survey sent to representatives of industry. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | To be analysed |
Title | Lifecycle |
Description | Data on packaging composition, weight, and supply chain travel distances, along with environmental impact data for the reuse models considered. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Data on packaging composition, weight, and supply chain travel distances, along with environmental impact data for the reuse models considered. |
Title | Social Change |
Description | Interview transcripts with c.15 households |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | N/A |
Title | Technical |
Description | "Comparative mechanical and optical properties of materials - e.g., changes in colour, contamination and leaching after multiple uses, washes and sterilisations. Quantify durability of the surfaces of different materials after repeated cycles of washing, labelling, and reuse." |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | "Comparative mechanical and optical properties of materials - e.g., changes in colour, contamination and leaching after multiple uses, washes and sterilisations. Quantify durability of the surfaces of different materials after repeated cycles of washing, labelling, and reuse." |
Title | Willingness |
Description | "A dataset containing responses from UK adults with respect to the types of products and packaging that they are willing to reuse. A dataset containing responses from UK adults with respect to their willingness to reuse different types of packaging. A dataset containing responses from UK adults with respect to their willingness to reuse different types of packaging as a function of the language used to describe that packaging. A series of datasets containing responses from UK adults with respect to their willingness to reuse food bowls as a function of varying degrees of discolouration. " |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | "A dataset containing responses from UK adults with respect to the types of products and packaging that they are willing to reuse. A dataset containing responses from UK adults with respect to their willingness to reuse different types of packaging. A dataset containing responses from UK adults with respect to their willingness to reuse different types of packaging as a function of the language used to describe that packaging. A series of datasets containing responses from UK adults with respect to their willingness to reuse food bowls as a function of varying degrees of discolouration. " |
Description | Alt Labelling Workshop - Loughborough University |
Organisation | Loughborough University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Small creative workshop on the themes of alt labelling and other strategies to shape perception of material change in the content of food packagin |
Collaborator Contribution | Small creative workshop on the themes of alt labelling and other strategies to shape perception of material change in the content of food packagin |
Impact | Small creative workshop on the themes of alt labelling and other strategies to shape perception of material change in the content of food packagin |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | City, University of London SSPP challenge project (NE/V010654/1) |
Organisation | City, University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Regular engagement by Rorie Parsons with City members, including attending their regular meetings and providing support to their Early Career Researcher on the project, J. Pickering. |
Collaborator Contribution | Ongoing engagement with City, University of London SSPP challenge project (NE/V010654/1) Regular engagement by Rorie Parsons with City members, including attending their regular meetings and providing support to their Early Career Researcher on the project, J. Pickering. |
Impact | City, University of London SSPP challenge project (NE/V010654/1) contribution by Rorie Parsons. Current outputs from this collaboration include: co-convening a RGS-IBG Annual International Conference session (sponsored by the Food Geographies Research Group) and a seminar session as part of the University of Sheffield's Human Geography seminar series. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration with the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) and Green Rose Chemistry |
Organisation | Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Prof Gavins and Prof Rothman have secured funding from Innovate UK for a project in partnership with Green Rose Chemistry and the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) to set up a new Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network. Prof Gavins will investigate the language surrounding biobased and biodegradable packaging to reveal communication barriers that may be hindering their adoption or resulting in their inappropriate disposal at end of life. Prof Rothman will evaluate good and bad practices around how the environmental impact of biobased and biodegradable materials are assessed. This will help the network produce new guidelines for assessing the lifecycle of materials. |
Collaborator Contribution | Green Rose Chemistry will lead this project, with assistance from the BBIA to address specific challenge areas, including: Regulation - Current regulations favour fossil-based incumbents, slowing market entry of biobased materials. Legislative hurdles to assess include, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), Plastics Packaging Tax, Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme (EPR), simpler recycling and waste management and classification. Communication - Communication about biobased materials is challenging, with terms such as "biodegradable" often being misused, leading to greenwashing. Clear, standardised terminology is needed. Policy - There is a disconnect between policies across the UK government, hindering commercialisation of biobased materials. Research funding priorities do not align with the Biomass Strategy, DEFRA's simpler recycling guidance, or the EPR scheme. This misalignment perpetuates the unequal footing of biobased materials and reduces benefit to the taxpayer. |
Impact | The establishment of a new network, the Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network, made up of industrialists, academics, policy makers, government officials, retailers, consumers and funding bodies to address major challenges slowing down the development of biobased and biodegradable materials. |
Start Year | 2024 |
Description | Dairy Reuse Modelling |
Organisation | Our Cow Molly Dairy Ice Cream |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | A potential small scale trial of reuse systems for packaging products. The Many Happy Returns team are working together with partners to work on two workstreams. Stream 1 looks at Theory and Stream 2 is for the small-scale practical trial. As part of the Dairy Reuse Modelling, we contracted with an outside partner to delivery some 'Discovery Driven Planning' project methodology training to the internal and external team working on this. Using this methodology we have been able to determine what success will look like, benchmark against the current market and document some assumptions. |
Collaborator Contribution | Our external partners have helped by attending the meetings and providing their expertise. It was one of our project partners (CHEP), who recommended the Discovery Driven Planning approach and sorted the training - this has been very helpful in moving the work along. |
Impact | We are still in the discovery phase of this project. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Diageo - Potential Pilot |
Organisation | Diageo |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Working together to achieve circularity and move to pilot in regions, asking for collaboration. |
Collaborator Contribution | Working together to achieve circularity and move to pilot in regions, asking for collaboration. |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Joint Paper between MHR WP3 (Psychology) and Imperial College London |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Working on a paper entitled "Investigating how signs of use affect users' perceptions of reusable packaging. for submission to the Journal of Cleaner Production". |
Collaborator Contribution | Working on a paper entitled "Investigating how signs of use affect users' perceptions of reusable packaging. for submission to the Journal of Cleaner Production". |
Impact | The output will be a paper on "Investigating how signs of use affect users' perceptions of reusable packaging. for submission to the Journal of Cleaner Production". |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | MHR / WWF |
Organisation | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF UK) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | SG and RP are engaging with reuse policy work co-ordinated by Paula Chin at WWF, the aim is to produce a joint position paper on reuse from key stakeholders in the field |
Collaborator Contribution | SG and RP are engaging with reuse policy work co-ordinated by Paula Chin at WWF, the aim is to produce a joint position paper on reuse from key stakeholders in the field |
Impact | SG and RP are engaging with reuse policy work co-ordinated by Paula Chin at WWF, the aim is to produce a joint position paper on reuse from key stakeholders in the field |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | Britvic |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | City, University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | Clinical Studies Study Group |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | Diageo |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | Greenpeace International |
Department | Greenpeace UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | IBM |
Department | IBM UK Labs Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | Reckitt Benckiser |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | Utrecht University |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Interested Parties |
Organisation | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF UK) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns team have kept these partners up to date throughout the project. These partners have an interest in the work we are doing and are invited to attend meetings. These partners are kept up to date of the work of all disciplines including - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Assessment Technology |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns - Project Team Members |
Organisation | Our Cow Molly Dairy Ice Cream |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Project stakeholders that attend meeting with the University of Sheffield's project management team. They provide their expertise and advise on the project management and it's outputs. |
Collaborator Contribution | Project stakeholders that attend meeting with the University of Sheffield's project management team. They provide their expertise and advise on the project management and it's outputs. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns Team and these stakeholders have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the project management and the project outputs. Multi-disciplinary as per the project's five workstreams - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Technology |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Many Happy Returns Project Partners |
Organisation | Marks and Spencer |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. Multi-disciplinary as per the project's five workstreams - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Technology |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Many Happy Returns Project Partners |
Organisation | Morrison Supermarkets plc |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. Multi-disciplinary as per the project's five workstreams - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Technology |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Many Happy Returns Project Partners |
Organisation | Nestlé (Global) |
Department | Nestlé UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. Multi-disciplinary as per the project's five workstreams - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Technology |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Many Happy Returns Project Partners |
Organisation | The Co-operative Group Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. Multi-disciplinary as per the project's five workstreams - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Technology |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Many Happy Returns Project Partners |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Department | Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. |
Impact | The Many Happy Returns Team and these partners have worked together on the project sharing expertise and advising on the outputs. Multi-disciplinary as per the project's five workstreams - Language Social Change Psychology Life Cycle Technology |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | NERC Advisory Board - New Investigator Award for Digital Reuse Systems |
Organisation | Brunel University London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Professor Thomas Webb (Project Lead for Many Happy Returns) will be joining the Advisory Board for a NERC grant proposal for new investigator award looking at digital reuse systems working with Dr Lucia Corsini from Brunel University. |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Thomas Webb (Project Lead for Many Happy Returns) will be joining the Advisory Board for a NERC grant proposal for new investigator award looking at digital reuse systems working with Dr Lucia Corsini from Brunel University. |
Impact | The output will be a grant proposal. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | NERC Advisory Board - New Investigator Award for Digital Reuse Systems |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Professor Thomas Webb (Project Lead for Many Happy Returns) will be joining the Advisory Board for a NERC grant proposal for new investigator award looking at digital reuse systems working with Dr Lucia Corsini from Brunel University. |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Thomas Webb (Project Lead for Many Happy Returns) will be joining the Advisory Board for a NERC grant proposal for new investigator award looking at digital reuse systems working with Dr Lucia Corsini from Brunel University. |
Impact | The output will be a grant proposal. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Policy Connect - maninstreaming of reusable packaging APPG Inquiry |
Organisation | Policy Connect |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We sponsored the Inquiry, SG was on the Inquiry steering group, and RR, TW, RP, JG all presented in various Inquiry Sessions. We were consulted on the final report and SG presented at the report launch at the Palace of Westminster in Nov 2023 |
Collaborator Contribution | Policy Connect led the Inquiry as the secretariat for the All Pary Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group |
Impact | The report Unpacking Reuse at Scale (see link) |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | TRACE Project Leads - AMRC |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Department | Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The team have worked with AMRC on a bid TRACE - Technology enabled Reusable Assets for a Circular Economy from Innovate UK. |
Collaborator Contribution | The team have worked with AMRC on a bid TRACE - Technology enabled Reusable Assets for a Circular Economy from Innovate UK. |
Impact | The team have worked with PragmatIC on a bid TRACE - Technology enabled Reusable Assets for a Circular Economy from Innovate UK. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | University of Utrecht & Deutsch Umwelthlife |
Organisation | Utrecht University |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sarah Greenwood (Project Lead) had a meeting with University of Utrecht & Deutsch Umwelthlife as they are keen on the reuse agenda. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sarah Greenwood (Project Lead) had a meeting with University of Utrecht & Deutsch Umwelthlife as they are keen on the reuse agenda. |
Impact | None for Many Happy Returns to date. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | AIChE Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presented the project and LCA results at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | AIChE annual meeting 2022, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Many Happy Returns: Combining Environmental, Technological And Behavioral Sciences To Understand What Is Required To Make Reusable Packaging Sustainable |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/646711 |
Description | All Party Parliamentary Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | TW and SG speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Group with Andrew Percy MP |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Aston University Applied Stylistics Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Plenary lecture 'How Stylistics Can help Tackle Plastics Pollution' delivered by JG. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | BBC Coverage - Our Cow Molly |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC Coverage of the University of Sheffield's return to using milk churns from Our Cow Molly. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-58912881 |
Description | BBC Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | RR was interviewed by James Coomarasamy about plastics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | BBC Radio 4 You and Yours |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | RR was interviewed and answered listener questions on BBC Radio 4 you and yours |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | BBC5 Live - Discussion on Plastic Waste |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Rachael Rothman was involved in this discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
Description | Bring it Back Fund |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | On behalf of the Many Happy Returns team, Rorie sat on the 'Bring it Back Fund' panel (Hubbub and Starbucks). The rest of the panel was made up of experts on behavioural change, packaging and representatives from the food and drinks industry, including Starbucks representatives. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bringitbackfund.co.uk/ |
Description | British Plastics Federation Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Sarah Greenwood and Rachael Rothman presented at British Plastics Federation webinar on reuse |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | British Science Festival - Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Thomas Webb delivered a talk at the 2021 British Science Festival |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | City / University of Sheffield SSPP Project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Food Packaging waste - the role of household consumption and domestic practises in enabling material transitions. Jack Pickering and Rorie Parsons City/Sheffield SSPP Project delivered this talk to the Department of Geography. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Collaborative presentation at Communicating Sustainability Conference, University of Glasgow (in conjunction with Sergipe University, Brasil, and Goucher College, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Co-presentation of 'Many Happy Returns - Communicating Reusability to Mitigate Single-Use Plastic Dependency', between WP1 (Stephanie Hills) and WP2 (Rorie Beswick-Parsons) at the 'Communicating Sustainability' conference at the University of Glasgow, September 2022. This was off the back of initial discussions between WP1 and WP2 teams on potential collaboration opportunities. Intially utilised both WP1's and WP2's data. Discussions have continued and we expect JG (WP1) to collaborate with the WP2 in the near future on a research paper (currently in development). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | ER SSPP PPiPL Workshop Series Event (Lancaster University) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Workshop to focus on the waste and sustainability elements of the project. Patrick Fairclough from WP5 attended to discuss the MHR project and outputs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Environment and Rural Affairs Committee |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Present information on new materials and approaches to tacking the issue of plastic waste, the alternatives to plastic and alternatives to plastics and traditional mechanical recycling |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Festival of the Mind 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | "Plastic: A Cheap Luxury? exhibition of artwork produced by Gina Allen in collaboration with WP2 Yes, it's plastic but...' exhibition of artwork produced by Lynne Chapman in collaboration with WP1 Festival of the Mind Podcast - Podcast featuring SH in conversation with Lynne Chapman. Festival of the Mind presentation in the Spiegeltent - Presentation by the Many Happy Returns team (SG and RBP) along with both artists (Gina Allen and Lynne Chapman) who developed both 'Plastic: A Cheap Luxury' and 'Yes, it's plastic, but...'" The Many Happy Returns project team, and Gina Allen, artist, created a mixed media exhibition that questions our view of plastic. Is it a mere waste material or can new relationships with plastic lead to more beneficial environmental outcomes? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/2022/futurecade/plastic-a-cheap-luxury/ |
Description | Future of Packaging |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | SG quotes in the Raconteur publication regarding the Future of Packaging |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.raconteur.net/report/future-packaging-2022-dec/ |
Description | GRIPS Conference 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presenting 'Reuse and you. Understanding consumer practices of reuse and the patterning of everyday life' in the 'New strategies for understanding citizen behaviours' session. Rorie is to present on-going research of the 'Reuse and you' household engagement research, focusing particularly on the methodological toolkit utilised to enable the exploration of practices associated with sustainable consumption practices of (reusable) plastic packaging. Presented 'Systems for reusable packaging - An international review' in the 'Reuse and Refill' session. Rorie presented recent research on three international contexts of reusable beverage packaging systems. This has resulted in the current draft paper to be submitted to Geoforum. GRIPS Reuse Session (SG) 87 attendees |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Greencore |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Sarah Greenwood (Project Lead) had discussions with the ready made salad department at Greencore. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Guest lecture invite 'Plastic food packaging' to University of Twente |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invite by Anna Krzywoszynska (then Assistant Professor in Science and Technology for Transformation Research) at University of Twente to hold a session (45 mins presentation, 30 mins Q&A) on 'plastics' as part of its Philosophy of Science & Technology Studies Module (1st year Masters module). Rorie presented work and publications from both the 'Redefining Single-Use' and 'Many Happy Returns' projects to provide a broad introduction to plastics within a Science & Technology Studies context. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Human Geography Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Human Geography session communicating recent research from WP2 package to the broader Geography Department at Sheffield. Co-convened with J. Pickering from another SSPP project (City, University of London), session titled 'Food and packaging waste - the role of household consumption and domestic practises in enabling material transitions'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | INTERPLAS Conference - Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Project Lead Sarah Greenwood presented at the conference ' Reusable Plastic Packaging - Threat or Opportunity?' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Institute for Sustainable Food |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Rorie is to present recent work from the Redefining Single-use and Many Happy Returns project work. Particularly, the British Food Journal paper and the on-going Reuse and you household engagement work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Interview for London Live: Museum of Brands 'Reuse, Refill, Rethink' display |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 4 minute Interview with Rorie Beswick-Parsons and Sarah Greenwood on the recent opening of the 'Reuse, Refill, Rethink' display at the Museum of Brands, London. Aired on Friday 24th November's 'News at 6' segment. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Interview for WOmanthology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | RR was interviewd by Womanthology about plastics, hydrogen, energy, inclusivity and much more. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://www.womanthology.co.uk/inclusion-as-a-catalyst-for-innovation-driving-engagement-and-progres... |
Description | Interview on BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview on BBC Radio Scotland morning programme - 5 min segment on plastics on national radio |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Interview on BBC Radio Sheffield re display at the Museum of Brands |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 10 minute lunchtime radio interview (live) talking about the display at the museum of brands and packaging in general |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Living with plastics. Some insights from a Mass Observation Study' in the 'Plastic Geographies |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presenting at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. Presented 'Living with plastics. Some insights from a Mass Observation Study' in the 'Plastic Geographies' session. D.M. Evans, P. Jackson, and R. Parsons |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Living with plastics. Some insights from a Mass Observation Study' in the 'Plastic Geographies |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presenting at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. Presented 'Plastic-less' food: Unpacking practices engaged with food' in the 'Developing food geographies' session. R. Parsons |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Many Happy Returns Film |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | We have created a Many Happy Returns film to showcase our project outputs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Mid Project Workshop on Impact |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | The Many Happy Returns team ran a mid term project workshop to look at impact - working with all project stakeholders. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Museum of Brands |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting in person with Chris Griffin to discuss potential collaboration and research impact with Museum of Brands in the future. Rorie and Maryam visited the Museum of Brands to explore the museum and exhibitions on display and to gauge whether there is an opportunity to collaborate in broadening our research outputs to their visitors. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Panorama BBC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Sarah Greenwood filming for Panorama on the BBC. Recycling:Where does my Rubbish Go? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017x2b |
Description | Paper and Presentation to Waste/Economy/Ecology international Symposium. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Paper & Presentation by Rorie Beswick-Parsons (David Evans and Peter Jackson co-authors) on the practices of reuse and the challenges of detaching from disposable plastics packaging. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Plastic Packaging Tax Industry Working Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The project's work package one lead, Joanna Gavins advised on the language used in advice issued to businesses on a new plastic packaging tax. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Plastics in the Food System: Sustianability and Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Rorie Parsons delivered this talk to The Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield. Also with speakers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Plastics sustainability: myth busting and the human factor |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Dr Harriet Baird was part of a panel convened for a discussion chaired by Rachel Gray (WRAP) and Sara Banning (Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge) at the GRIPS Conference on Plastics sustainability: myth busting and the human factor. The session covered what UK academics, and other stakeholders, have discovered about what people really think, and do, with regards to their plastic packaging and the implications for policy and packaging design. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://sustainableplasticslive.co.uk/conference/ |
Description | Podcast with Shell series Thriving through another Energy Transition E13 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Discussion on Myth Busting Plastic Greenwashing fo the Future Energy Leaders podcast series. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Policy Connect Steering Group / APPG Evidence Session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | SG / RR are involved in this Policy Connect inquiry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at Durham University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Seminar by Dr Harriet Baird to the Department of Psychology on "Using behavioural science to help tackle sustainability challenges" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Presentation at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition conference 2024 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Gavins has been invited to give a presentation to the Sustainable Packaging Coalition conference in New Orleans in April 2024 entitled 'How to Talk About Plastics', based on her Many Happy Returns research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://spcimpact.com/series/spc-impact-2024/landing_page |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan delivered a key note speech at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - KAUST Research Open Week, Riyad, Saudi Arabia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan was the key note speaker at the KAUST Research Open Week in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://researchopenweek.kaust.edu.sa/ |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Panel Discussion Institute of Physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry was part of a panel discussion at the Institute of Physics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Panel Discussion RSC Materials Chemistry MC15, Dublin |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry was part of a panel discussion at the RSC Materials Chemistry MC15, Dublin. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk Australian Institute of BioNano Technology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a talk on Plastics to the Australian Institute of BioNano Technology |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk Australian Polymer Symposium, Brisbane |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry delivered a talk on Plastics to the Australian Polymer Symposium in Brisbane. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk Czech Macromolecular Institute, Prague |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry delivered a talk on Plastics to the Czech Macromolecular Institute in Prague. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk European Polymer Federation, Switzerland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry delivered a talk on Plastics to the European Polymer Federation in Switzerland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk RSC Norfolk Division |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a talk on Plastics to RSC Norfolk Division. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk Radio 4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry delivered a talk about Plastics on Radio 4 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk Royce Institute of Sustainable Polymer-based Advanced Materials |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a talk on Plastics to the Royce Institute of Sustainable Polymer-based Advanced Materials. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk at Baslow Garden Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a talk on Plastics at Baslow Garden Society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk at COP 26 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a talk on Plastics at COP 26, Goals House, Glasgow. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk at Radio Sheffield |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a talk on Plastics ton Radio Sheffield. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk on Radio Sheffield (duplicate) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry delivered a talk about Plastics on Radio 4 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plastic Talk to the University of Sheffield's Chemistry Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a talk on Plastics to the University of Sheffield's Chemistry Society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plenary Lecture at the Italian Chemical Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a plenary talk at the Italian Chemical Society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plenary Lecture on Plastics at ACS Spring Meeting, USA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a plenary talk at the ACS Springs Meeting, USA. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plenary Lecture on Plastics at Accademia Nazionale Italia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a plenary lecture on Plastics to RSC Norfolk Division. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plenary Lecture on Plastics at IUPAC Polymer Congress, Korea |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a plenary talk on plastics at IUPAC Polymer Congress, Korea. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Professor Anthony J Ryan - Plenary Lecture on Plastics at RSC Materials Chemistry MC15, Dublin |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anthony J Ryan (OBE) Chemistry gave a plenary lecture at RSC Materials Chemistry MC15, Dublin |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | RGS-IBG Annual International Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Co-convening of Food Geographies Research Group session 'Geographies of Material Recovery in Food Systems: Understanding responses and reactions to plastic pollution in a time of disruption' at the 2022 RGS_IBG Annual International Conference. In collaboration with J Pickering of the City, University of London SSPP challenge project, Rorie is co-convening the 'Geographies of Material Recovery' session. Currently planned to include between 4 to 8 presentations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Reloop Reuse Tour, Brussels, Belgium. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | A tour organised for US policy and legislative delegates to understand European reuse systems for packaging through site visits, demonstrations, and workshops. RBP and SG invited to attend the 'EU-US Reuse Workshop: Success drivers, challenges, & putting learnings into practice' as 'European Experts' on reuse. Rorie Beswick-Parsons & Sarah Greenwood invited on the behalf of the MHR project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Reuse Paper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | HB, RR, SG, Stuart Walker gave a talk about the paper on reuse that was awarded the IChem Hutchinson Medal |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.icheme.org/membership/communities/special-interest-groups/food-and-drink/events/05-10-22... |
Description | Reuse and You - Survey |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Online survey to understand current knowledge of and engagement with reuse options in the UK. A short online survey that is advertised to gauge current knowledge and engagement with reuse systems. Primarily used to recruit possible interested participants to the Reuse and you household engagement study. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://forms.gle/LBmg4n8NaGGGM4bW6 |
Description | Roger Harrabin (BBC) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Rachael Rothman discussion with Roger Harrabin (BBC) on Bioplastic that he will use in a documentary and article he is currently making (RR to update when this is out) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | School of English Blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | The project's work package one lead, Joanna Gavins has written a blog on the School of English's website about the role of linguistics in reducing plastic pollution. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | School of Psychology - Aston University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Thomas Webb delivered a talk about Many Happy Returns at the School of Psychology at Aston University. Using Behavioural Science to understand and promote reusable packaging systems. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Stronger together: Facilitating collaboration and support (talk at SSPP Summit) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Professor Thomas Webb was part of a panel discussing the value of collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://ukcpn.co.uk/news/smart-sustainable-plastic-packaging-summit-2023/ |
Description | Stronger together: Facilitating collaboration and support (talk at SSPP Summit) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Professor Thomas Webb was part of a panel discussing the value of collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://ukcpn.co.uk/news/smart-sustainable-plastic-packaging-summit-2023/ |
Description | Suspack Barcelona |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Sarah Greenwood delivered a talk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Sustainable Packaging Summit in Lisbon |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | JG invited to be a panellist in the 'Understanding and Influencing Consumer Behaviour' session at the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Lisbon |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk at Innovate UK SSPP Novel Materials workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Gavins gave a talk about the language used to describe novel packaging materials to the Innovate UK SSPP workshop on novel packaging materials in Birmingham. This talk led to a collaboration with the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) and Green Rose Chemistry and a successful Innovate UK funding application to set up a new Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Talk at the Showroom Cinema as part of the Festival of Debate for 'Plastics Free Sheffield Central' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on reusable packaging, including the trial run at the university, part of the widely advertised Festival of Debate - SG 17/5/23 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sheffields-reusable-revolution-what-weve-learnt-and-what-comes-next-tic... |
Description | Talk for Nestle UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Gavins gave a talk on how linguistics can help tackle plastics pollution to the Packaging Sustainability Market Network at Nestle UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | The Big Green Money Show Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | RR interview with Deborah Meaden and Felicity Hannah for the Big Green Money Show podcast on platics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Committee |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Rachael Rothman gave evidence at The Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for their inquiry into plastic waste. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/event/6621 |
Description | The Great Yorkshire Show |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHR Tam attended the Great Yorkshire Show and exhibited the MHR project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The Language of Disposal - presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Many Happy Returns work package 1 regarding the language of disposal. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | The Reusable Revolution: The shift away from disposible plastic |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | At this event, Sarah will talk about how reuse systems could reduce the environmental impact of plastic |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The Tipping Point: The UK Plastics PACT Summit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | SG Attended |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | UK Plastics PACT Reuse/Refil CAG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Joanna Gavin, our work package 1 lead (languages), gave a presentation at the UK Plastics Pact Reuse/Refil CAG |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | University of Manchester, Circular Economy Group - Sustainable Consumption Institute |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Communicate MHR to another SSPP group, 'One bin to rule them all' at the University of Manchester. Seminar session. Rorie, Rachael and Sarah presented recent research from the MHR project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | University of Sheffield Heritage Circle Lunch - presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Professor Joanna Gavins, the Many Happy Returns work package 1 Investigator presented the findings of her work package to the University of Sheffield donors. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | WRAP and ASDA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The project's work package 1 lead Joanna Gavins is providing advice to Rachel Grey from WRAP and behaviourchange.co.uk about their work with ASDA on their refil zone (these are face to face meetings and over email). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | WWF Roundtable Discussions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Thomas Webb (Project Lead) to attend roundtable discussion with WWF. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Waste, Economy, Ecology International Symposium (online) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Symposium description: "An interdisciplinary symposium exploring how waste provokes different relationships between economies and ecologies". Rorie to present a piece from WP2 titled: 'Practices of reuse and the challenges of detaching from disposable plastic packaging'. The symposium will serve as the basis for informed discussion amongst peers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |