Speakers

Mike is the Managing Director of EPRO, an international circular plastics association with members in Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Australasia. He has over 32 years’ experience in the waste management and recycling industry. Members of EPRO are producer responsibility organisations (PROs), national collection bodies, or plastic recycling associations. Around half of his career has been spent in commercial and operational roles and the remainder as a consultant. As well as EPRO, he supports other circular plastics platforms, CEFLEX (Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging) and PCEP (Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform). He also chairs the technical group in EXPRA (Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance). Throughout his career he has been heavily involved in the plastics recycling supply chain. Areas of specialism include the collection and treatment of recyclables, materials recycling, markets for secondary raw materials, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and waste policy & legislation.