Barbara R Fowler

Sustainability + Packaging | GreenBlue SPC Director of Events | Enjoying Family life in Dairyland | Suzuki Mom

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We loved seeing everyone in person again!!

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Change happens at the speed of trust. #spcimpact

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We are kicking off our Food Waste Repackaged Learning Series today at 12pm ET with a joint presentation from @SPCspotlight and @refed centered on Understanding Packaging's Role in Food Waste. Open to all, register here:

https://t.co/TYZHOiJRn5

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via @NYTimes https://t.co/b5tXBwDsQN

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What is the goal of getting a better financing system for recycling? #SPCImpact @SPCspotlight
Great panel with @MassDEP @AlisonKeane1 from FPA, @AMERIPEN Dan Felton @MStasz CBA @KingCountyWA Lisa Sepanski and @RecologySF Eric Potashner!

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Kicking off #SPCImpact day 2 with 5 insightful sessions!
Dr Alexis Bateman from MIT Sustainable Supply Chain sharing her perspectives on supply chain transparency
@SPCspotlight

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If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together #climatechange #SPCImpact

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Enjoying such an insightful interview with @ayanaeliza and our Exec Director @ninagoodrich centered on the All We Can Save Book #SPCImpact @SPCspotlight

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This was an amazing addition to our event program!! A Harp Concert with the phenomenal @BridgetKibbey and such an engaging Q&A after! A Harp Factory Tour is in our future!
#SPCImpact @SPCspotlight

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Learning about new Bioplastics Innovations with feedstocks such as shellfish, seaweed, beer waste products at #SPCImpact thank you @UbuntooWorld for moderating this panel!

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Sustainable packaging can still be flashy 🌿
Unboxing experience is critically important
#SPCImpact Pregis Tour

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Recology has their robots identifying black plastic @SPCspotlight #SPCImpact

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AgRecycle is the proud owner of 3 million produce stickers: we can't ask producers to take the label off
@SPCspotlight #SPCImpact

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Composters know the temperature range products degrade in composting (Middle thermophilic range); higher temperatures don't accelerate the process -- insights from AgRecycle
#SPCImpact @SPCspotlight

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Paper is the highest recycled material around the world (even in markets where recycling rates for plastics are not very high)
#SPCImpact @SPCspotlight

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Fascinating interview with @PepsiCo Ron Khan on their latest Paper Bottles Innovation and what it's needed in terms of performance attributes to make them work
#SPCImpact @SPCspotlight

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How do we standardize EPR if we don't get the programs implemented at the same time in the USA? #SPCImpact
We can learn from the examples from Europe and operate under the same understanding of what it's considered recyclable/recycled

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Canada is in their 3rd wave in Extended Producer Responsibility | Harmonizing EPR

#SPCImpact

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Harmonizing EPR: Lessons from Abroad Panel with @ReclayGroup @reloop_platform Corporate Policy Group and Equanimator

#SPCImpact @SPCspotlight

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IKEA Increasing the use of recycled wood products; increasing innovations to use more efficiently; there is a need for development of biobased solutions (glue, polymers)

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