Unpacking Sustainable Packaging

Upcoming Conferences

  • October 28, 2024, Fastmarkets Forest Products NA Conference 2024, Chicago, IL.  Susan will conduct a workshop on “Meeting Sustainability Goals in Packaging and Containerboard” with Bill Moore, Moore & Associates.
  • November 13, 2024, ASEAN Pulp & Paper Summit, Kuala Lumper, Malaysia. Susan will present “Sustainble Packing: Are Consumers Buying it?”
 

Conference Presentations

  • September 11, 2024, NOVA Chemicals Brand Owner Bootcamp, Pittsburgh, PA – Susan presented “Sustainable Packaging: Are Consumers Buying It?”
  • June 5, 2024, Western Michigan University (WMU), Fiber Recycling Course, Kalamazoo, MI – Susan presented “Paper Packaging Design for Sustainability?”
  • May 9, 2024, Vietnam Paper Industry Technical Workshop, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Susan presented “Global Trends in Sustainable Paper Packaging”.
  • March 6, 2024, Smithers Sustainability in Packaging Conference, Chicago IL – Susan presented “Sustainable Packaging: Are Consumers Buying It?”
  • January 18, 2024, Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center, Bethlehem PA — Susan presented “Sustainable Packaging: Are Consumers Buying It?”
  • October 10, 2023, Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference, Chicago –Susan will conduct a workshop on “Paper Packaging Sustainability” with Bill Moore, Moore & Associates.
  • August 15, 2023, Western Michigan University (WMU), Fiber Recycling Course — Susan presented present “Paper Packaging: Design for Sustainability?”
  • February 28, 2023, South East Recycling Conference (SERC) – Susan conducted a workshop with Bill Moore, Moore & Associates, on “Is Paper Replacing Plastic Packaging?“
  • November 15, 2022, Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference, Europe – Susan moderated a conference session: “Sector Analysis: Packaging”.
  • October 19, 2022, Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference, Chicago – With Bill Moore, Moore & Associates, Susan conducted a workshop on “Paper Packaging Sustainability”.
  • September 14, 2022, Tissue & Paper Bangkok Conference – Susan presented “Paper Packaging: Design for Sustainability”.
  • August 3, 2022, Western Michigan University (WMU), Fiber Recycling Course – Susan presented “Paper Packaging: Design for Sustainability”.
  • March 18, 2022, Tissue World Miami – Susan presented “Consumer Perceptions of Sustainability in Bath Tissue”.
  • August 8, 2021, South East Recycling Conference (SERC) – Susan conducted a workshop on “Paper Packaging & Recyclability”.
  • April 10, 2019, ISRI Convention & Exposition – Susan presented “The Impact of E-Commerce on Residential Recycling Programs”.
  • March 7, 2019, IMFA Annual Convention – Susan presented “Molded Fiber & Recyclability: The Road Ahead”.

Recent Publications

  • “White Paper: The State of Recycling for Paper Cups”, (primary author), Foodservice Packaging Institute, Jan. 27, 2022. Read More
  • “Shifts in brand loyalty have been a feature of pandemic buying – how do consumers rate green sustainability against value?” Tissue World Magazine, December 2021
  • “Recovered Paper Supply… Hit Hard by the Pandemic”, (co-authored with Bill Moore, Moore & Associates) Tissue World Magazine, July/August 2020
  • “Managing the Impact of China’s Import Policies: The View from Inside China”, Tissue World Magazine, July/August 2019
  • “Thinking About the Box: What Does E-Commerce Mean for the Box Industry and Recycling?”, Recycling Today, April 2019
  • “Paper Cup Recycling, Reality or Rhetoric”, Recycling Today, December 2018
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