Episode 13: John Ryan / Kraft Heinz
In this episode of our podcast, we have John Ryan as our guest, the R&D Packaging Director International at Kraft Heinz. As a global company, Kraft Heinz needs to address packaging issues on a larger scale, so naturally, we were interested in the sustainability strategies and hurdles in different countries. But also the cooperation with […]
Episode 12 – Sharon Barak / Solutum – Eliminating plastic waste
Plastic waste is an extreme burden on our oceans. There are many initiatives to counteract these mountains of waste. One part of the three Rs approach (reduce, recycle, reuse) is to reduce plastic packaging, with the aim of reducing waste. But what if they were completely biodegradable? Sharon Barak is the founder of Solutum and […]
Episode 11 / Part 2 – World Packaging Organisation – Problems and solutions across the globe
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Episode 11 / Part 1 – World Packaging Organisation – Problems and solutions across the globe
Pierre Pienaar is the president of the World Packaging Organization and talks about the global connections in packaging and the problems and solutions around the world. He specifically addresses issues regarding the influence of countries on each other, cultural differences and gives an overview of packaging and recycling in Australia. Since we had many questions […]
Episode 10 – Conscious Container – Building the refillable glass circular economy
To achieve a functioning circular economy, it is not only the plastics industry that needs to be revolutionized. Glass plays an essential role in the field of packaging materials, but has its particular hurdles when it comes to reuse and recycling. That’s why we’re happy to welcome Caren McNamara and Bruce Stephens from Conscious Container […]
Episode 9 – David Katz / Plastic Bank – Social Plastic
Plastic Bank is a social enterprise that fights poverty and ocean plastic through recycling. They are working on creating a worldwide chain of stores where everything from cooking fuel and more is available for purchase in exchange for plastic garbage – which is then sorted, shredded and sold to brands who reuse „social plastic“ in […]
Episode 8 – Ron van Hilst / Cargill – The global food giant nobody knows
In the eighth episode of PACKOLUTION we have Ron van Hilst as our guest. He is the global packaging technology lead at Cargill, one of the world’s largest food manufacturers. 70% of supermarket products are Cargill products, yet nobody knows them. The topic of this episode is their sustainability strategy and what opportunities and hurdles […]
Episode 7 – Thomas Gröner / TG Packsolutions – Emotional science and the future of packaging
In the seventh episode of PACKOLUTION, we welcome Thomas Gröner, director and founder of TG PACK SOLUTIONS as our guest. He has gained a lot of experience in his professional career in the field of mono-material solutions, material composites and pet food packaging and will talk about the hurdles and special requirements in these areas. […]
Episode 6 – Ansgar Schonlau / Maag – Lean Management Strategy
Maag GmbH manufactures flexible packaging and has reinvented itself as a company in recent years when it comes to sustainability. Managing Director Ansgar Schonlau tells us in the sixth episode of PACKOLUTION all about the implemented lean management strategy and how the whole chain has to work together in order to achieve sustainability in terms […]
Episode 5 – Marcel Keuenhof / KIDV (Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging)
In the fifth episode of PACKOLUTION we talk to Marcel Keuenhof from KIDV, the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging, about all things sustainability in the packaging world. He goes into packaging materials, greenwashing and the say-do-gap of consumers, but starts off by answering the basic question regarding the different definitions of sustainability.