Join Amcor's Vice President of Sustainability, David Clark, and The Recycling Partnership's Director of System Optimization, Adam Gendell, as they discuss the recycling market in the United States, challenges of rigid PET bottles, and the importance of consumer convenience in recycling.

Jeremy Wallach, Partner at McKinsey & Company, joins David Clark, Vice President, Sustainability at Amcor, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss the multi-faceted journey towards a circular economy, and how the packaging industry’s challenges are complex across the value chain.

References:
Climate impact of plastics
Dimensions of packaging sustainability
Addressing the challenges of plastic waste
Advanced recycling

Frank Lehmann, Amcor’s vice president of Corporate Venturing and Open Innovation, interviews the two first recipients of the Amcor Lift-off seed funding. The CEOs of Bloom Biorenewables and Nfinite Nanotech talk about what differentiates their companies in their respective fields as well as preparing for and pitching their ideas to Amcor executives involved with the Lift-Off initiative.

Frank Lehmann, vice president of Corporate Venturing & Open Innovation, talks about the next phase of Amcor Lift-Off, the company’s latest initiative to promote and encourage new ideas from start-up organizations. In this episode, Frank provides an update on the program, including the number of applicants received during the first round of open submissions, the selection process and what’s next for the winners. The goal of this program is to provide seed money and resources to these winning organizations to help get their ideas off the ground.

Packaging industry veteran Roger Zellner joins Amcor’s vice president of sustainability, David Clark, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss how important consumer participation is for increasing recycling rates across the United States.