About Dr Paul Davidson
Dr Paul Davidson CEng FIMMM has over 25 years of experience working at the interface between technological innovation, commercial practice, policy and legislation,and funding for sustainable plastics and packaging.
Paul contributed to the development of Defra's 2008 Packaging Strategy, was instrumental in driving the first foodgrade flexible plastic packaging with recycled content in the UK, and currently sits on the OPRL Technical Advisory Committee for packaging labelling. He has been awarded the RECOUP Industry Champion 2025 for his servcies to the plastics sustainability sector.
Prior to establishing No Time for Waste, Paul was Director of UKRI's Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge programme, a groundbreaking £60 million initiative aimed at advancing sustainable plastics research innovation over five years.
With over 25 years of expertise in the plastics industry, he previously worked at SABIC, focusing on European market development for flexible packaging resins and promoting recycling solutions. Paul also spent 11 years at WRAP, where he led significant plastics recycling infrastructure programmes, notably enhancing food-grade PE and PP recycling capacity in the UK.
Consulting Services
No Time for Waste Ltd offers technical and commercial expertise to help businesses and organisations to respond to the drive for more sustainable and circular approaches to plastic production, consumption, and end of first life management. Services range from strategic planning and market insight to securing innovation funding and upscaling.
Mainstreaming refillable packaging, particularly for the food and drink sector
Emerging and advanced recycling technologies, including chemical recycling
Securing and managing grant funding from innovation agencies