The Packology Podcast

Charles is in charge of new business development and venture capital investment in Henkel Adhesive Technologies. I admire his approach to sustainability and packaging, and with his years of experience and knowledge, I think it's something worth paying attention to. On this episode, we'll talk about: How did Charles end up in his current position at Henkel? What have been some of the most...

Lynn Power spent 30 years in advertising and marketing and loved it for a long time. She was running an agency and became the CEO of a large company, but she wasn't loving it so much anymore, so she decided to become an entrepreneur.   On this episode, we'll talk about: What was it that she didn't like, or was there anything on the entrepreneurial side that was pulling her away? Has...

Deanna Utroske is one of the most respected critical thinkers in the cosmetics and personal care industry today. She began her career in cosmetics and personal care as a news writer for cosmeticsdesign.com , a trade media publication. She covered cosmetics news, personal care ingredients, and, of course, packaging, which is an important topic in the publication where she worked for several years b...

Jennifer Benolken came to packaging by accident during her collegiate years. She doesn't have a packaging engineering degree, so she went to Kettering University in a five-year program. She just fell in love with the packaging during her entire Coop experience and ever since she has always gone back to packaging sterilization and labeling.  On this episode, we'll talk about: What was it...

Ben Stern, founded Nohbo which is on a mission to literally get rid of unnecessary plastics. It is by simply converting the existing personal care packages to a pod-friendly packaging format. Therefore, saving thousands of pounds of water, plastic, and preservatives! Nohbo has been featured in Shark Tank and Mark Cuban invested in his business. Learn more about the fascinating multiple patents of...

Ashley Pradhan and Cierra Valor built a platform that integrates with brands and retailers' websites to dynamically score their products based on their sustainability. Scores are expressed on a 1-10 scale so that customers can simply take in that information and easily discover products that match their values.  On this episode, we'll talk about: Everything about In Bold Print, what it d...

She began her career in the 1970s with Este Lauder, where she worked for many years in marketing and product development, before moving on to L'Oreal until establishing her own company, The Young Group. She has been in the world of sustainability, beauty and products, product development, and packaging. She just has a wealth of knowledge and experience to impart to the entire industry.   On t...

We'll get to know more about Cory Connors, host of the Sustainable Packaging Podcast, and other interesting facts about him. On this episode, we'll talk about: Why is he concerned about sustainable packaging? What is one of his greatest fears when he considers our children's future living and going through life? What does he think is at stake here? Cory Connors' advice to his y...

Kate is a fourth-generation machinist and Stanford University engineering Ph. D. Her research and private consulting practice focus on matching medical innovation with the manufacturing technologies needed to develop, test and manufacture them. On this episode, we'll talk about: What are some of the ways that medical device packaging differs from the packaging we encounter on a daily basis? t...

Elizabeth launched her company five years ago, and it was then that she decided to work as a consultant for manufacturing companies, putting her recycling experience to good use. Her idea was to go and assist them and get the best describe recycling out there for better processes. On this episode, we'll talk about: What are some of the things that companies need the most amount of help with?...

Dustin began working with digital labels in 2013 and made his first investment in a digital packaging startup in 2017. He discovered personally that there are no playbooks to follow in emerging industries after investing in two digital packaging startups and leading the commercial development of three more. On this episode, we'll talk about: A quick summary of Digital Packaging How has digita...

Ameripen is the acronym for American Institute for Packaging in the Environment. They were a US-based trade association that primarily served as an advocacy and lobbying organization. They represent the packaging industry in the United States. Ameripen represents the whole packaging value chain, which means they include material suppliers, package manufacturers, brand owners who utilize that packa...

Dye Candy is a company that Kathryn founded, and under the umbrella of Dye Candy, its flagship product is the hummingbird, a hair color applicator. She is very highly trained and then move to Portland, Oregon where she stepped away from her salon career to take care of her family. She discovered that coloring her hair at home was a completely different experience than the very caring boutique feel...

The U.S. Plastics Pact brings together businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and research institutions that work together toward a common vision of a circular economy for plastics, as outlined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Initiative.  This vision aims to ensure that plastics never become waste by eliminating the plastics we don’t need, innovatin...

Jay Marks is a workplace strategist, looking at what happens at work and how to make work be a good place as it can be. He has a background in Organizational Development or Leadership Development, Leadership Training, and Organizational Psychology. He also worked as an Independent Consultant and worked with consulting companies and as a VP of organization development at a large corporation. On thi...

O'Neil as a consumer and accumulates a lot of waste and didn't know what to do with it. She knew that a lot of it, especially with more packaging moving towards being compostable, recyclable, and reusable that a lot of it could be disposed of more sustainably, but there was no direct solution and place to return that or really do much with. So that was where her idea for Cannachange star...

Rosemary Coates was instrumental in establishing the Reshoring Institute, a non-profit dedicated to helping companies in deciding where they should manufacture, with a focus on bringing manufacturing back to the United States.   On this episode, we'll talk about:  Rosemary Coates's background and the work she's doing at the Reshoring Institute Why companies are looking to shift manu...

Charles Tschaggeny is a self-proclaimed hater and a judger of packaging.  So, I thought, we should chat! Turns out he really is, especially when it comes to overdone and elaborate packaging. He is against the amount of waste and potentially misleading information or marketing in the industry of packaging but in favor of functional core packaging that is necessary for products. On today's epis...

The work Mia Davis' done over at Credo with developing the sustainable packaging guidelines and the impact that had on brands and packaging suppliers and co-founder of a new company called PACT Collective, which deals with collecting beauty, packaging waste, and working with recyclers to turn that waste into something good and to keep it out of landfills and out of our oceans. On today's...

Going to the grocery store with his father inspired Jonathan Quinn's interest in packaging. He now works for a company called PREGIS and one of the products they specialized in is FLEXIBLE PACKAGING FILM, the sustainability of the material, and the complexity of plastics in general. On today's episode, we talked about: How Jonathan's packaging journey started with family history Wha...

Vanessa is co-founder and CEO of Oceanworks, the largest global marketplace for recycled plastic materials and products. Oceanworks platform provides brands with easy access to trusted regional recyclers to accelerate recycled plastic offtake, keep plastic out of the ocean, and reduce demand for new virgin materials. Oceanworks serves 100s of brands and offers 100s of thousands of tons of supply a...

Mushroom packaging is one of the sustainable packaging solutions. It is 100% biodegradable and renewable.  In this episode,  We discuss how surviving a massive fire in southern California in 2018, as well as the recovery and building of Paradise Packaging, which is poised to become one of the most significant mushroom packaging companies on the west coast. So, why mushrooms for packaging? What’s t...

How Soraya's got into packaging and what brought her into it, as well as what drives her and some of her core values.   In today's episode, we talked about: ·        How does the process work (step by step) with Paperlux Studio ·        The importance of having physical samples in the production process ·        Her advice on young packaging designers who were early on in their career · ...

How Scott Breen, a former environmental lawyer started with packaging and working at Can Manufacturers Institute as vice president of sustainability. In today’s episode, we talk about: •Coming up with the strategy that improves the industry recycling rates,  •How the new well-designed deposit systems help push people to recycle and the support of the legislation when it comes to changes •How did t...

On this episode, we will know how Lisa Mattam founded her clean skincare line with her daughter, going through clinical trials, believing in the power of natural ingredients, and how a 5000-year-old Ayurveda from ancient India inspired her to create a sustainable and clean beauty line, as well as the design process for the packaging. The views and opinions expressed on the "Packaging Brothers...