A white woman with medium length, wavy, brown hair, smiling ahead of delivering a talk. The slide displayed on the projector behind her reads Open 3P: The role of an open standard in enabling full transparency in the plastics supply chain.
07
Feb
News, Projects

Continued Success for Packaging Data Project as Companies Gear up for EPR

Posted on by Sophie Walker

Following the launch of the ground-breaking open standard for plastic packaging data, Open 3P, in September 2022, the consortium behind the project has secured additional funding from Innovate UK for Phase

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A circular diagram with post-it notes on it, where those near the centre detail direct users, and those near the edge detail people who may be indirectly affected by the portal
29
Mar
Projects

Understanding how plastic packaging gets made and the needs of the industry

Posted on by Clara Parada

In December, we summarised what we found out in our first round of workshops researching how plastic packaging gets made. This work will enable us to design a Plastics Packaging Portal (PPP)

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A series of 'post-it notes' outlining the key data-related questions for the stakeholders involved
13
Dec
Projects

What we’ve discovered about plastic packaging – and how you can help us now

Posted on by Clara Parada

In August, we revealed that we’d joined a consortium of organisations backed by Innovate UK and dedicated to dealing with the UK’s million-tonne plastic-packaging waste problem. Since then, we’ve been

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Pile of plastic waste, including bottle, tied up in plastic bags
20
Aug
Open Data Manchester, Projects

Introducing the Plastics Packaging Portal – supported by Innovate UK to tackle a million-tonne waste problem

Posted on by Kirsty Styles

Open Data Manchester is delighted to have teamed up with fellow local social venture, and waste-data experts, Dsposal for a new Innovate UK R&D project created to help tackle the

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