Enhancing the Value Chain
Monday, March 6, 2023, 3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Potomac A
Brent Bell, Vice President of Recycling, WM | Jon Stephens, CEO, Natura PCR | Haley Lowry, Global Sustainability Director, Dow | Moderator: Dan Leif, Editorial Director, Resource Recycling
This session will cover:
How North America's largest hauler and MRF operator is improving plastic sortation and starting to produce recycled resin.
The key to successful collaboration between stakeholders focused on collection, processing and end use.
Technology and innovation helping to bring more recycled resin to market.
Where investment is needed to continue to evolve plastics sustainability in the U.S. and worldwide.
Speaker Bios
Brent Bell, Vice President of Recycling, WM
Brent Bell has been in the waste industry for 25 years. Bell is currently the vice president of recycling for WM, responsible for the operation of 100-plus facilities as well as the sale and marketing of over 10 million tons of recyclables, which are sold to our customers around the world.
Brent Bell
Jon Stephens, CEO, Natura PCR
Jon Stephens is the CEO of Natura PCR, a Delaware limited liability company that manufactures post-consumer resins (PCR). Natura PCR is a leading company in the industry for LDPE and LLDPE PCR in flexible packaging. Stephens has more than 25 years of experience in the plastics recycling industry. He has served on the recycling committee for the PLASTICS association and the board of directors for the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and Keep Texas Beautiful. He was instrumental in developing the film committee within APR and has led this group since its inception in 2015.
Jon Stephens
Haley Lowry, Global Sustainability Director, Dow
Haley Lowry is a global sustainability director at Dow with 17 years of experience creating new circular business models and products that integrate social, environmental and commercial goals across CPG, retail and plastics. Lowry frequently discusses plastic and waste issues and solutions at Green Biz, USAID, SXSW and Our Ocean. She has been published in Sustainable Brands, WEF, and The Guardian.
Haley Lowry
Dan Leif, Editorial Director, Resource Recycling
Dan Leif has been a business journalist for 15 years and currently serves as managing editor at Resource Recycling, Inc., the company that publishes Plastics Recycling Update magazine and produces the Plastics Recycling Conference. Leif has been with Resource Recycling since 2013 and previously worked for trade publications covering the specialty coffee and marketing industries.
Dan Leif
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