Meet the Team: Giles Taylor, Purchasing and Procurement Manager
From sales and waste management to sourcing the material that keeps our Castleford site running, Giles brings a career’s worth of supplier relationships to IPL Brightgreen.
IPL Brightgreen named a finalist in three categories at the Plastics Industry Awards 2026
Recycler of the Year, Best Business Initiative of the Year, and three of our people in the running for Plastics Industry Ambassador.
IPL Brightgreen shortlisted in four categories at the National Recycling Awards 2026
Our site, our team and our Technical and Quality Manager, Jonathan Attwood, have all made the shortlist for one of the recycling sector’s best known awards.
Meet IPL Brightgreen at LARAC 2026: talking rigid plastics with Samantha Smallwood
Samantha Smallwood, who leads procurement and our Buy Back Scheme at IPL Brightgreen, will be at the LARAC Conference at the Hilton Metropole Birmingham on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 October. She is there to talk to local authorities about what happens to their rigid plastics, and how that material can earn its keep rather than cost them money.
Why Mechanical Recycling Deserves More Credit vs Chemical Recycling
There is a lot of noise in the plastics industry right now about chemical recycling. It is pitched as the future, the silver bullet, the technology that will finally solve the plastic waste problem. And to be fair, it is an interesting area with a genuine role to play. But here is the thing nobody shouts about loudly enough: mechanical recycling, the kind we do every single day at IPL Brightgreen, is already delivering the environmental results that chemical recycling is still promising.
Recycling Education and Facts: The Real Drivers of Change
The recycling industry does not have a technology problem. It has an understanding problem.
The equipment exists to wash, granulate, extrude and remanufacture rigid plastics at scale. The demand for recycled content is growing, driven by the Plastic Packaging Tax, Extended Producer Responsibility and corporate sustainability commitments. What continues to hold the sector back is a persistent gap between what people believe about recycling and what actually happens.
Recycle Week 2026: IPL Brightgreen Rolls Up Its Sleeves
Mark your calendars, dust off your wellies and prepare your best bin puns. Recycle Week 2026 runs from 14 to 20 September, and here at IPL Brightgreen we are throwing ourselves into it.
IPL Brightgreen Is Heading to ESS Expo 2026: Find Us at Stand CT-F274
The biggest event in the environmental calendar is nearly here, and we are delighted to confirm that IPL Brightgreen will be exhibiting at the Environmental Services and Solutions Expo (ESS Expo) at the NEC Birmingham on 16 and 17 September 2026.
Interplas 2026: What a visit to the NEC told us about where this industry is heading
There are trade shows you attend because it is expected, and there are trade shows that genuinely shift your thinking. Interplas has always been the second kind.
From the Lab to the Floor: My Key Takeaways from PRSE 2026
As the doors closed on the tenth-anniversary edition of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE 2026) in Amsterdam, I found myself sitting on the plane home doing what I usually do after a major industry event: digesting a mountain of data, technical specs, and insights.