Products with recycled content - What should we consider in encouraging them or not?

There is a drive towards the use of recycled material in products, yet ideally, we should be looking at them carefully and making conscious decisions in evaluating them.

Join us for an insightful webinar and panel discussion where we delve into the most important considerations in deciding to encourage the use of products with recycled content. We will help you navigate through the challenges of evaluating products with recycled content for procurement with a structured framework to resolve complexities in this landscape effectively.

Venue – Online event
Date – 4th July 2024
Time – 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm AEST

Why Attend?
1. Gain an understanding of key indicators and frameworks in evaluating products with recycled content.
2. Learn evaluation techniques to ensure responsible decisions taking multiple aspects of environment evaluation into consideration
3. Hear real-world examples and case studies that illustrate the successful implementation of these techniques.
4. Fire away your questions to a panel of experts to understand their perspective on your challenge

Who Should Attend?
- Procurement professionals
- Sustainability champions
- Professionals in resource recovery
- Product developers
- Business strategists
- Anyone involved in the decision-making process for procuring products with recycled content

Panel members

Speaker 1/Moderator

Dr. Mayuri Wijayasundara. Director, Anvarta

Mayuri is a leading expert in strategy and transformation specialising in transition towards a circular economy. She currently leads Anvarta, a consulting practice that helps organisations transition to a regenerative model. She was engaged as Circular Economy Expert at UN Habitat.

Mayuri was a tenured University academic leading multiple research programs in circular economy until 2021 and has authored several research articles. She is a contributor to acclaimed international forums such as the World Economic Forum.

Prior to that, she was a senior industry practitioner leading programs in Asia Pacific, in resource recovery and building material industries. Mayuri obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant of CIMA, UK. She currently holds several board and advisory committee positions in public and private sector, industry bodies and professional organisations.

Linkedin | Professional Website | Anvarta website

Speaker 2

Tim Grant. Director & Founder, Lifecycles

Tim Grant is the director and founder of Lifecycles, Australia’s most experienced provider of circular economy and sustainability research, consulting, tool development, emission factors and LCA training.

With more than 30-years’ experience working in LCA, he has been instrumental in the development of data and leading-edge scientific support for sustainability tools, including PIQET “Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool”, a streamlined LCA tool designed for the packaging industry.

Tim is a pioneer of LCA, both domestically and internationally, as the founding president and long-time board member of Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society (ALCAS) and co-chair Ecosystem Services taskforce within the United Nations, supported Life Cycle Initiative.

At present, Tim is leading a two-year project on the impacts of single-use plastic products and their alternatives for the Australian and New Zealand governments.

Tim's LinkedIn | Lifecycles Linkedin | Lifecycles website | PIQET