IOM3 signs UK Packaging Pact ahead of April 2026 launch
As one of 55 founding signatories, we're pleased to join the UK Packaging Pact.
The new UK Packaging Pact builds on the success of the UK Plastics Pact, launched by WRAP in 2018. Backed by PackUK, the UK Government, and led by global environmental action NGO WRAP, the UK Packaging Pact will transform how we design, use, and recover packaging to reduce waste and emissions, better protect nature and put citizens' needs at the heart of packaging decisions.
Last week, WRAP announced the names of the 55 founding companies that’ve already signed up to the ten-year Pact, and we're pleased to be a founding signatory.
Catherine David, CEO, WRAP, 'Collaboration works, and it’s delivering real change. Unrecyclable black plastic is gone, recycling is rising, and unnecessary packaging is disappearing. But the scale of the challenge demands more. Plastic pollution remains a global crisis, and with the failure to secure a global treaty, the need for bold, systemic action has never been greater. We must accelerate the step change to circular living, driving reuse, tackling plastic film, and enabling the impact of upcoming recycling reforms. This is collective action at its most ambitious and essential, and WRAP is proud to lead the charge toward a truly circular future.'
IOM3 CEO Dr Colin Church CEnv FIMMM said, ‘IOM3 is proud to be a founding signatory of the UK Packaging Pact. It is great to see focus shifting beyond plastics and food and drink packaging to encompass all materials. This joined-up approach is essential to ensure materials are used in the right way, valued properly and kept in the economy for as long as possible.’
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