The Corporate Leadership Council took a trip along the “compostables supply chain” at its Q2 meeting, hearing from 12 people who have stops along the way from design of a compostable product to sale of the finished compost. Speakers were Eric Klingenberg, Mars (CCLC member); Shannon Pinc, Natureworks (CCLC member); Rich Cohen, Elevate Packaging; Wendell Simonson, BPI; Susan Thoman, CMA; Solange Ackrill, PURPod and Club Coffee (CCLC member); Dawn Rhodes, Chick Fil-A (CCLC member); Melissa Tashjian, Compost Crusader; Dan Goosen, Green Mountain Compost; and Ryan Cerrato, WeCare Denali.
One conclusion was that a circular/team approach to addressing compostability of products, especially food scrap-related products, which are the most desirable and “low hanging fruit,” is key to successful development of new products. View a recording of the meeting.