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PRODUCTS OF CHANGE
The next chapter With the New Year comes not only a new chapter for the Products of Change story, but a new adventure for the whole industry, one brimming with potential to continue to drive real change. The POC team puts pen to paper to lay out the plot of this year’s narrative.
Above: The Products of Change team, Rob Hutchins and Helena Mansell-Stopher. Below: RECOUP is a leader in the continued developments of plastics recycling and resource management.
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ike a chapter yet to be written, the New Year stands before us; blank pages brim full with potential, intrigue, and the chance for yet more adventure. The old saying suggests that we write the book we would like to read, and that is exactly what Products of Change has been doing these past few months, setting out the plot of its next story. As the platform comes into its second year, and the Products of Change membership into its third, we begin to see the narrative for the coming year take shape; and we can reveal that this year, it is most certainly all about ACTION.
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LICENSING SOURCE BOOK EUROPE 2022
Over the last year, our members have been working together to build on our guidelines on gaining parity on our legal language and requirements as an industry. We’re very excited to tell you that this report will be complete by the end of January, while Phase Two is already underway. Meanwhile, our sustainable packaging guidelines are nearing completion each day, and will be followed by a series of webinars run by packaging experts spanning governing bodies, retailers, and those in between in March this year. As well as fuelling our own work streams across the likes of toys, fashion, plastics, packaging, sports, gaming, legal, net zero, publishing and retail – which will all continue through 2022 – we have also been extending our partnerships outside of the industry. Products of Change is proudly working extremely closely with RECOUP, leaders in the continued developments of plastics recycling and resource management, to keep all of our members informed on all legislative changes globally. RECOUP will also be attending our packaging webinar series in March, by which time they will have their updated guidelines from the UK government. Products of Change is also an affiliate member of WRAP, an organisation that works closely with governments, businesses, and communities to deliver practical solutions to improve resource efficiency around the world
