Robert Flores is the director of Sustainability for Berry Global. Flores drives the company’s initiatives around greenhouse gas reduction, waste reduction and Operation Clean Sweep. An active member of many sustainability organizations, Flores is the Chairman of the Flexible Film Recycling Group and member of the PLASTICS Sustainability Advisory Board. As a recycling advocate, Flores has been an active member of the Association of Plastic Recyclers since 2009 and has subsequently worked with several other organizations to foster recycling adoption and access. More recently, he acted as a founding adviser in the launch of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.
The industry has experienced a lot of buzz, and even confusion, when it comes to packaging and sustainability in recent years. Schools of thought differ on the best materials to use, what happens at package end-of-life and even rigid packaging versus flexible packaging.
What would a world without plastic waste look like? Will the plastic products we make fundamentally change? What about the infrastructure to recover post-use plastics?
