Both packaging experts will join the ACP on a voluntary basis – making recommendations to Defra to assist its policy department on packaging reuse, recovery and recycling.
Mr Weston, who joined CPI in February, has 20 years’ experience working in the paper industry – and has previously held managerial roles at Midlands Paper Recycling and Kappa Corby.
Ms Ingle meanwhile has worked on packaging development at food giant Nestle UK since 2008, becoming manager of the division in December 2012.
She has also helped steer the government-backed Pledge 4 Plastics campaign of which Nestle UK is a stakeholder (see letsrecycle.com story).
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Weston said: “I am delighted to have joined the ACP and look forward to contributing to the Group. We are entering an interesting period for resource recovery and recycling and await to see what impact a new government and the revised EU Circular Economy Package will have upon strategy going forward.”
They join a host of new faces at the ACP, with Phil Conran accepting the position of chair in December 2014. A total of 10 committee members were then selected in January to help advise on government policy.
These include LARAC chair Andrew Bird, Rebecca Cocking of British Glass, Rick Hindley of Alupro, and Jonathan Short, former deputy chairman of ECO Plastics.
Task force
The new ACP held its first meeting in January, where members agreed to set up three task forces looking into packaging waste regulations, PRN revenue transparency, and the EU’s revised circular economy package (see letsrecycle.com story).
Earlier this month the ACP convened again to discuss the issues surrounding PRNs further, agreeing that industry should develop guidance to ensure there is a level playing field between domestic reprocessors and exporters in the PRN/PERN system.
It was suggested industry should put together guidance with material specific examples to reduce contamination and create a ‘common standard’ for UK reprocessing and exports for the issue of evidence.
Questions were also raised over consistency of auditing by the Environment Agency on sites accredited to issue PRNs, with recommendations that the industry help train officers to improve their understanding of how to spot scams and misdirection.
Q4 packaging data
And, there was also criticism over the timing of Q4 packaging data publication. Mr Conran requested that future packaging data for the fourth and final quarter be published on March 1 to avoid long delays and uncertainty. The Environment Agency has agreed to take the proposal into consideration.
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