17 February 2026
Dr Margaret Bates becomes
Advisor to the Board
ReZorce Ltd is pleased to announce that Dr Margaret Bates has been appointed Advisor to the Board.
Margaret is a key figure in the UK’s recycling and waste management sector, most recently having been hired by the UK Government for a 22-month secondment with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) as Head of the UK Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) Scheme. During her tenure, Margaret worked closely with policymakers across the packaging supply chain to successfully launch the scheme.
Prior to that, Margaret spent four years as Managing Director of OPRL, the not-for-profit company which helps businesses to assess and access simple, consistent and UK-wide recycling and refill messages to appear on retailer and brand packaging. She also served as President of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and Professor of Sustainable Waste Management at the University of Northampton. Margaret is passionate about the Circular economy has been involved in waste management for over 30 years, working internationally with businesses and NGOs on sustainable resource and waste management.
Margaret comments, “The appeal of ReZorce technology is clear: it’s a recyclable mono-material. The drive to mono-materials which are easy to recycle is clear in current and incoming EPR schemes globally. It is really exciting to work with ReZorce and be part of the change to a circular economy.
“ReZorce will have a positive, transformative effect on the beverage carton format, which has long been a challenge for the waste management sector in the UK and elsewhere. I am pleased to be able to support and advise the team on its rollout.”
Neil Court-Johnston, CEO of ReZorce Ltd, says, “We are delighted and deeply honoured that Margaret has agreed to advise our board. There are few people better qualified to counsel the team on delivering ReZorce as a circular solution that is better all round—for producers, for consumers, for recyclers and for the environment. We welcome her to the team and look forward to exciting times ahead.”
4 February 2026
Work begins on ReZorce pilot facility
It’s been a busy start to 2026 with a new home for ReZorce!
We’re delighted to announce that we are now moving into our dedicated pilot facility, where development of ReZorce® mono-material barrier packaging will continue. Our first goal is to offer ReZorce as an easy to recycle alternative to traditional composite beverage cartons.
ReZorce is designed
✅ for recycling in standard schemes and processes
✅ to incorporate a high proportion of recycled content
✅ to minimise fees where Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks apply
Over the coming weeks, our fantastic team will be setting up the 30,000 sq.ft pilot facility, located in the Greater Boston (MA) area, with the aim of being fully operational Q2 2026.
“Consolidating operations in a single facility will enable us to accelerate the development of ReZorce,” says CEO Neil Court - Johnston. “Brand owners and retailers are telling us that ReZorce is a solution that is urgently required, as EPR schemes take effect and begin to penalise difficult to recycle materials.
“Although we are planning for early deployments of ReZorce in the UK and EU, using Massachusetts as our development base makes absolute sense. The technology that underpins ReZorce was actually developed at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) so there is an excellent skills base, both within our own team and beyond, to support rapid commercialisation of this game changing product.”
Major milestone completed
We are pleased to announce a significant milestone in our mission to deliver fully recyclable, mono-material beverage packaging. Our former extrusion facility has now been successfully decommissioned, and the equipment is en route to be reassembled within our new pilot plant in December 2025.
The new pilot facility will bring all core production processes from extrusion, print and conversion, filling and packing together under one dedicated food-safe roof. Designed with capacity for early-stage commercial production, the site will support faster progress through the final stages of product development and validation ahead of its planned operational date at the end of Q1 2026.
This transition represents an important step toward scaling ReZorce® mono-material barrier packaging, which is being developed as a recyclable alternative to today’s multi-material beverage cartons.
We extend our appreciation to all partners supporting this journey, and acknowledge the exceptional work of the decommissioning team, whose professionalism ensured a smooth and timely transition.
More updates will follow as we prepare for the next phase of growth.