What is flexible packaging? Why can't we recycle MLPs? Is the future of packaging paper, plastic, or something else entirely? If you've ever asked yourself any of these questions, don't miss the chance to get answers from a senior VP at the biggest sustainable packaging company in all of North America! 🧻
This week on Good Garbage, Ved Krishna meets Allison Scales, the first female VP of Printing and Graphics at Atlantic Packaging: an 80 year old company that started as a newspaper exposing the KKK, and now leads the charge in sustainable packaging. Allison teaches us all about the challenges, achievements and hope for the future in the world of packaging from her 14 years of experience at Atlantic!
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In this episode with Allison Scales:
• Flexible packaging: Basics and Evolution
• Materials and equipment used in flexible packaging
• Sustainability and end-of-life challenges
• Innovations in paper and biopolymer packaging
• Atlantic's history and growth in the packaging industry
• Challenges in converting and alternative materials
• Future trends in sustainable packaging
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Allison Scales and Atlantic Packaging
01:59 Allison's leadership journey and early influences
06:06 Career trajectory and key learnings in printing industry
11:03 Basics of flexible packaging and its importance
12:00 Materials and equipment in flexible packaging production
13:45 Evolution and significance of flexible packaging in daily life
16:52 Multilayer structures and their role in shelf life extension
18:51 Industry standards and decision factors for packaging structures
21:59 Challenges of recycling multilayer flexible packaging
24:04 Complexity of printing and converting flexible materials
27:05 Atlantic's equipment innovations for sustainable packaging
36:55 Atlantic's history from newspaper to diversified packaging company
43:58 Atlantic's initiatives in sustainable packaging solutions
49:56 Future growth plans and industry evolution
56:06 Challenges in customer adoption and industry change
57:06 What does Good Garbage mean to Allison?
Good Garbage is a podcast about sustainable materials, packaging and regeneration, hosted by Ved Krishna — conversations with the innovators, scientists and founders building a cleaner planet. The question behind every episode: what is good garbage?
Atlantic Packaging: https://www.atlanticpkg.com
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