Ep. 48- “Roundtable: Packaging, Plastics & Platforms toward Circular Economy” with Emily Anne Friedman (Recycled Plastics Editor, ICIS), Ryan Fox (Packaging Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence) and Nicole Toole (Founder of ECGO)

About this episode

The episode features a roundtable discussion on sustainability and the circular economy with industry experts.

In this special roundtable episode of the Product and Packaging Powerhouse , host Megan Young Gamble sat down with industry experts Emily Anne Friedman (Recycled Plastics Editor, ICIS ), and Ryan Fox (Packaging Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence ) and Nicole Toole (Founder of ECGO ) to unpack definitions of sustainability, the impact of data and technology, consumer education, and policy approaches like EPR. The panel considers how to move toward a more circular economy, while acknowledging the real-world constraints of infrastructure, cost, and market incentives. Affiliate & Other Links: [Megan Young Gamble Links] [AFFILIATE] Ready to crank out your content in as little as 5 minutes? Use Castmagic , AI powered tool to take your content creation from overwhelmed to overjoyed by saving hours of developing content. Save 20 hours by Signing up today! https://get.castmagic.io/Megan [FREEBIE ] Learn about “day in the life” of a Packaging Project Manager → Get our “Starter Packaging PM Freebie” [link] https://glc.ck.page/thestarterpackagingprojectmanager [FREEBIE ] Access commonly referenced organizations and tools in ONE PLACE with our handy guide HERE [link] https://bit.ly/OSTPlay…

People in this episode

Host: Megan Young Gamble

Guests: Emily Anne Friedman, Ryan Fox, Nicole Toole

Topics covered

• sustainability
• circular economy
• packaging
• plastics
• consumer education
• policy approaches

Keywords

• packaging
• plastics
• circular economy
• sustainability
• consumer education
• EPR
• data
• technology

Sponsors

Castmagic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICIS, Bloomberg Intelligence, ECGO

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