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An insightful range of speakers, discussions and collaborations took place at the Food and Drink Packaging Roundtable in Manchester on Friday 06.11.2026. This event was hosted jointly by University of Manchester and Manchester City Council. The first guest speaker was Mark Leaver, Assistant Director for Commissioning and Procurement from Manchester City Council. He shared the shocking figure that the UK wastes 2.5 billion single-use cups per year. He discussed in good detai

Action on Plastic UK is offering it's members access to join bimonthly webinars with leading changemakers talking about the work they're doing to tackle single-use plastic in their communities. The first of these was held on 21 October 2026, with Naseem Talukdar from Projects Against Plastic talking about their efforts to tackle single-use plastic in the hospitality sector. Read on to find out what Naseem told us. Projects Against Plastic is a charity based in the South West