Episode #36: The journey towards a circular economy with Jeremy Wallach

Episode #37: Strengthening recycling systems for PET packaging circularity

Adam Gendell, The Recycling Partnership's Director of System Optimization, joins David Clark, Vice President Sustainability at Amcor, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss the recycling market in the United States, challenges of rigid PET bottles, and the importance of consumer convenience in recycling.

Episode #36: The journey towards a circular economy with Jeremy Wallach

Jeremy Wallach, Partner at McKinsey & Company, joins David Clark, Vice President, Sustainability at Amcor, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss the multi-faceted journey towards a circular economy, and how the packaging industry’s challenges are complex across the value chain.

Episode #35: The essential role consumer participation plays in recycling

Packaging industry veteran Roger Zellner joins Amcor’s vice president of sustainability, David Clark, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss how important consumer participation is for increasing recycling rates across the United States.

Episode #34: Turning commitments into actions: advocating for and building a circular economy for plastics

Erin Simon, head of Plastic at WWF, joins David Clark, vice president of sustainability at Amcor, on the Big Ideas podcast to discuss progress toward reducing plastic in the environment. The pair also discuss the progress made by WWF’s “ReSource: Plastic” initiative, and its recently released progress report, Transparent 2021.

Episode #33: “We won't recycle our way out of the issue of plastic pollution.”

Mael Arribas, research analyst with the global commitment team of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, joined David Clark, Amcor’s vice president of sustainability, on Amcor’s Big Ideas podcast to discuss the progress brands and retailers are making towards a circular economy. In the podcast, they discuss the findings of the most recent Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report, the huge potential of reuse models and why a global treaty on plastic is essential to achieving a circular economy, in order to prevent a patchwork of disconnected solutions.