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Barbara R Fowler

@barbararfowler

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

 Stevens Point, WI
Joined February 2009
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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: bigmarker.com/spcevents/Pres…

Presentation: Understanding Packaging’s Role in Food Waste

In this session, we’ll explore the role that packaging design plays in food waste. We’ll look at where food waste occurs in the supply chain, focusing on retail and consumer environments and review...

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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
Enjoying such an insightful interview with @ayanaeliza and our Exec Director @ninagoodrich centered on the All We Can Save Book #SPCImpact @SPCspotlight
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
Composters know the temperature range products degrade in composting (Middle thermophilic range); higher temperatures don't accelerate the process -- insights from AgRecycle #SPCImpact @SPCspotlight
Paper is the highest recycled material around the world (even in markets where recycling rates for plastics are not very high) #SPCImpact @SPCspotlight
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
Canada is in their 3rd wave in Extended Producer Responsibility | Harmonizing EPR #SPCImpact
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) #SPCImpact @SPCspotlight

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