What is the Role of Waste and Recycling in Building a Sustainable Future?

Over the past year, the waste and recycling industry has continued to step up and play an important (and growing!) role in sustainability. Which is why we at Waste360 are constantly keeping our eye on the myriad and unique things that companies, individuals, organizations, and governments are doing — to reduce emissions, tackle the problem of ocean plastics, operate more efficiently, be more responsible stewards of natural resources and more.

Liz Bothwell, Head of Content & Marketing

March 2, 2022

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Over the past year, the waste and recycling industry has continued to step up and play an important (and growing!) role in sustainability. Which is why we at Waste360 are constantly keeping our eye on the myriad and unique things that companies, individuals, organizations, and governments are doing — to reduce emissions, tackle the problem of ocean plastics, operate more efficiently, be more responsible stewards of natural resources and more.

If, like us, you find yourself wondering how we can deal with the growing tsunami of plastics and textile waste, and the forever-changed waste stream that has resulted from e-commerce, we’ll be bringing all of this content (and much more) to life at Sustainability Talks (LIVE) at WasteExpo 2022.

This one-day event is all about the waste and recycling industry’s role in building a sustainable future. Topics will include:

  • The Package Deal: Innovations and the Latest Thinking in Sustainable Packaging

  • Chasing Transparency – Carbon Labeling

  • Scaling the Use of Ocean-bound Plastics: A Story of Circularity

  • Taming the Chaos of the Plastics Crisis

Plus, Bill Caesar, Operating Partner of Generate Capital will deliver a keynote address.  Other featured speakers will include:

  • Bob Teasley, director of supply management, new product development, Herman Miller

  • Dave Ford, Co-Founder, Ocean Plastics Leadership Network

  • Ian Rosenberger, Founder & CEO, First Mile and Day Owl

  • Cory Connors, Sustainable Packaging Consultant, Landsberg

  • Jonathan Quinn, director of market development and sustainability, Pregis

  • Maxmillian Michieli, director, sustainability products, CPI Card Group, Inc.

  • Kristin Kinder, VP of research and waste stream, Wastequip

The Sustainability Talks platform is all about real talk and bold action. And we are excited to tell the stories and share the solutions the industry needs to make the world a better place.

Who’s ready to join us to innovate toward a sustainable future? Please join us at the upcoming Sustainability Talks, co-located with WasteExpo 2022, May 11 in Las Vegas.

See you there and we will keep this important conversation going.

About the Author

Liz Bothwell

Head of Content & Marketing, Waste360

Liz Bothwell is head of content and marketing for Waste360, proud host of the NothingWasted! Podcast, and ghostwrites for others to keep her skills sharp and creative juices flowing. She loves family, football, her French bulldogs, and telling stories that can help to make the world a more sustainable place.

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