The U.S. Plastics Pact brings together businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and research institutions that work together toward a common vision of a circular economy for plastics, as outlined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Initiative. This vision aims to ensure that plastics never become waste by eliminating the plastics we don’t need, innovating to ensure that the plastics we do need are reusable, recyclable, or compostable, and circulating al...
May 01, 2022•47 min
Jay Marks is a workplace strategist, looking at what happens at work and how to make work be a good place as it can be. He has a background in Organizational Development or Leadership Development, Leadership Training, and Organizational Psychology. He also worked as an Independent Consultant and worked with consulting companies and as a VP of organization development at a large corporation. On this episode, we'll talk about: •what are the main contributors or things that leaders or people in an ...
Apr 23, 2022•54 min•Ep. 16
O'Neil as a consumer and accumulates a lot of waste and didn't know what to do with it. She knew that a lot of it, especially with more packaging moving towards being compostable, recyclable, and reusable that a lot of it could be disposed of more sustainably, but there was no direct solution and place to return that or really do much with. So that was where her idea for Cannachange started and giving consumers a more direct way to return that packaging and then from there just kind of turned in...
Apr 15, 2022•21 min•Ep. 15
Rosemary Coates was instrumental in establishing the Reshoring Institute, a non-profit dedicated to helping companies in deciding where they should manufacture, with a focus on bringing manufacturing back to the United States. On this episode, we'll talk about: Rosemary Coates's background and the work she's doing at the Reshoring Institute Why companies are looking to shift manufacturing to the USA What was it about the pandemic that made companies consider reducing their risk or analyzing the ...
Mar 31, 2022•33 min•Ep. 14
Charles Tschaggeny is a self-proclaimed hater and a judger of packaging. So, I thought, we should chat! Turns out he really is, especially when it comes to overdone and elaborate packaging. He is against the amount of waste and potentially misleading information or marketing in the industry of packaging but in favor of functional core packaging that is necessary for products. On today's episode, we talked about: •The excessive demands of and the need for packaging in order to make people's lives...
Mar 24, 2022•29 min•Ep. 13
The work Mia Davis' done over at Credo with developing the sustainable packaging guidelines and the impact that had on brands and packaging suppliers and co-founder of a new company called PACT Collective, which deals with collecting beauty, packaging waste, and working with recyclers to turn that waste into something good and to keep it out of landfills and out of our oceans. On today's episode, we talked about: • The coming event of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition in San Francisco • What h...
Mar 17, 2022•46 min•Ep. 12
Going to the grocery store with his father inspired Jonathan Quinn's interest in packaging. He now works for a company called PREGIS and one of the products they specialized in is FLEXIBLE PACKAGING FILM, the sustainability of the material, and the complexity of plastics in general. On today's episode, we talked about: How Jonathan's packaging journey started with family history What was it about the packaging or the type of formats in which he was working with that grabbed his attention? His de...
Mar 08, 2022•39 min•Ep. 11
Vanessa is co-founder and CEO of Oceanworks, the largest global marketplace for recycled plastic materials and products. Oceanworks platform provides brands with easy access to trusted regional recyclers to accelerate recycled plastic offtake, keep plastic out of the ocean, and reduce demand for new virgin materials. Oceanworks serves 100s of brands and offers 100s of thousands of tons of supply annually. OceanWorks specializes in PCR plastic resins that have been either taken from the ocean or ...
Mar 03, 2022•38 min•Ep. 10
Mushroom packaging is one of the sustainable packaging solutions. It is 100% biodegradable and renewable. In this episode, We discuss how surviving a massive fire in southern California in 2018, as well as the recovery and building of Paradise Packaging, which is poised to become one of the most significant mushroom packaging companies on the west coast. So, why mushrooms for packaging? What’s the production processing and the life cycle in general? You don’t want to miss this episode! Ciaran Mc...
Feb 25, 2022•27 min•Ep. 9
How Soraya's got into packaging and what brought her into it, as well as what drives her and some of her core values. In today's episode, we talked about: · How does the process work (step by step) with Paperlux Studio · The importance of having physical samples in the production process · Her advice on young packaging designers who were early on in their career · How traveling impacted her and her approach to working with others or designing. · Which countries have stood out to her and which ha...
Feb 19, 2022•50 min•Ep. 8
How Scott Breen, a former environmental lawyer started with packaging and working at Can Manufacturers Institute as vice president of sustainability. In today’s episode, we talk about: •Coming up with the strategy that improves the industry recycling rates, •How the new well-designed deposit systems help push people to recycle and the support of the legislation when it comes to changes •How did the whole business supply chain industry of recycling and aluminum become so much more robust and matu...
Feb 15, 2022•32 min•Ep. 7
On this episode, we will know how Lisa Mattam founded her clean skincare line with her daughter, going through clinical trials, believing in the power of natural ingredients, and how a 5000-year-old Ayurveda from ancient India inspired her to create a sustainable and clean beauty line, as well as the design process for the packaging. The views and opinions expressed on the "Packaging Brothers" podcast are solely those of the author and guests and should not be attributed to any other individual ...
Feb 11, 2022•32 min•Ep. 6
Greg Starkman is a clean beauty entrepreneur, ingredient expert, safe cosmetics advocate and founder of award-winning hair care brand Innersense Organic Beauty. His expertise in sustainability, eco beauty, product packaging and clean formulations make him a go-to in the clean hair care and green beauty space. A pioneer in the clean beauty space, Greg Starkman founded Innersense Organic Beauty with his wife, Joanne, after a series of “aha moments.” Both enjoyed successful careers in salon and in ...
Feb 05, 2022•38 min•Ep. 5
Allison has over 20 years of marketing/management experience in the beauty industry, with iconic brands like MAC Cosmetics and L'Oreal, and emerging brands like Jurlique and Beautycounter. Type A is her brand and she utilizes an innovative squeezable tube for the application of her deodorant. Her experience and outlook on the clean beauty industry is compelling. She knows how to build connected brands and bring exceptional product experiences to consumers. An enthusiastic champion of safer beaut...
Feb 02, 2022•39 min
For more than 30 years, Joel Makower has been a well-respected voice on business, sustainability and innovation. An award-winning author, speaker and strategist on corporate sustainability practices, climate tech and the clean economy, he has advised a wide range of companies to align sustainability with business success. Joel is co-founder of GreenBiz Group, creator of GreenBiz.com, research reports and events on corporate sustainability and cleantech strategy and trends. He hosts the company's...
Jan 29, 2022•43 min
Graydon Moffat, is the mind behind Graydon Skincare. Inspired by her background as a chef and yoga teacher Graydon’s vegan, cruelty free products pair clinically proven, clean ingredients with elegant, sustainably driven packaging. Serving beauty and wellness connaisseurs, Graydon creates superfood formulas known for their sensorial textures and aromas offering all skin types, tones, and genders of all ages the promise of a daily regimen that gives them happy, healthy good skin days, every day! ...
Jan 27, 2022•42 min
Laura joined SMI in 2016, bringing a background in industrial by-product recycling and commercialization in 32 countries. She sits on the Executive Board for the Glass Recycling Foundation (501c3 non-profit), is an active member of the Glass Recycling Coalition & the Glass Packaging Institute. She supports the development of glass packaging recyclability in a variety of industries. Laura is a LEED Green Associate® and GBCI TRUE Advisor. She holds a BS in Marketing & MBA from Penn State U...
Jan 12, 2022•33 min•Ep. 1
