

SPN’s Circular Economy Conference – Thursday 27th January 2022
This is the first conference SPN have published, and we are all really looking forward to showing you what our hard work has accomplished.
Sustainable Packaging News are excited to invite you to our Circular Economy conference which is being held on Thursday, 27th January, 2022. Covering many aspects of Circular Economy, the conference will be extremely informative. The video of our Circular Economy conference will be shown on our website, www.spnews.com and shared on social media channels. The speakers’ contact details will be shown so if you have any questions, you can contact them directly.

SPN have sourced a variety of world-class speakers for the conference. They are:
Tom Szaky- CEO of TerraCycle
Tom is covering all things to do with Circular Economy, specifically a circular reuse platform called Loop which enables consumers to purchase products in durable and reusable packaging.
Nerida Kelton- Executive Director of AIP (Australian Institute of Packaging)
Nerida will be speaking about Circular Design and Refill which will cover topics on the goals which the WPO (World Packaging Organisation) have set themselves to reduce food and packaging waste as well as increasing awareness on packaging through education.
Shira Rosen- Chairman of the Israeli Packaging Institute
Shira will be presenting the different approaches for designing an eco-friendly packaging and analysing the implications of each design.
Valentin Fournel- Director R&D and Services Eco-conception at CITEO
Valentin will be explaining the levers to make household packaging more circular and reduce their environmental impacts: from Reduction and working on the origin of the packaging materials to Reuse and Recyclability.
Clem Ugorji- Vice President at The Coca-Cola Company
Clem is covering all topics about Circular Economy on plastics in Africa, where there is a crisis of growing waste pollution of which plastics is a large and problematic area.
All these speakers have one thing in common, wanting to change the way we recycle our packaging so we can make the world we live in more sustainable. We know that by promoting Circular Economy, we will be able to educate and show people how we can better our efforts in recycling, reusing, and reducing the amount of packaging we use.