BPF Plastics ReUse Seminar 2020 - Speakers

Sarah Greenwood, Sheffield University

With degrees in Physics and Polymer Science from the University of Sheffield, Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in the plastics and packaging industries. She has held technical positions at BP Performance Films, Asda, Fox’s Biscuits, Mars and SunBranding Solutions.

Sarah now works as a freelance sustainable packaging and plastics specialist. She works with companies from start-ups to blue chips on all aspects of innovation, specification and problem solving.

Sarah is delighted to be an advisor to Garçon Wines whose flat wine bottle has won multiple awards including the UK Packaging Awards Innovation of the Year 2018.  Recent clients have also included WRAP, Smithers Pira and Iceland Foods.

She is a board member of The Packaging Society, a division of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, chairs the North of England Packaging Society and enjoys being part of the grass roots music scene in Yorkshire.

North of England Packaging Society, is a board member of The Packaging Society, and is a member of the Plastics Consultancy Network.

She is currently working as Packaging Expert / Leader at the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at the University of Sheffield where she is leading a proof of concept study on reusable packaging. This is part of the UKRI funded project Plastics: Redefining Single Use

Gordon McSkimming, Coca Cola

Gordon has worked for Coca-Cola European Partners for over 20 years ,and has held a number of leadership positions in the Sales team.
 
In his current role as Sustainable Packaging Manager, he is responsible for packaging and recycling development, customer leadership on DRS and developing Coca-Cola’s relationships with NGOs and key Sustainability stakeholders

Dr Rukayya Ibrahim Muaza, Sheffield University

Rukayya Ibrahim Muazu is one of our Post-Doctoral Research Associates working on the Plastics: Redefining Single-Use project.

Rukayya is a chemical-environmental engineer. She has expertise in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA). LCA and ERA are analytical tools used to support policy and decision making in environmental management. Rukkaya is also expert in energy systems (renewables), economic assessment, waste management, resource utilisation and efficiency.

Rukayya’s role within the team is to support the development of sustainable ways to mitigate single-use plastics pollution, reduce greenhouse gases emissions, and increase sustainable utilisation of resources. This will include combining different analytical tools to create an integrated assessment tool suitable for analysing the circular economy of plastics.

This integrated impact assessment tool will facilitate critical thinking and help evaluate the trade-offs involved in moving towards a zero-waste economy. This ensures that the best options are selected for implementation.

Rukayya is also involved in modelling system energy and carbon and water usage. She will develop strategies for carbon reduction and the evaluation of economic performance.

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