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Good Garbage with Ved KrishnaAuthor: Pakka
Hello, hello! Were so excited to be here and embark on an enlightening journey with our fellow planet advocates - yes, were talking about you to leave the earth cleaner! Tune in for engaging conversations around the evolution of the packaging industry as we scale up towards a more sustainable future Join us, in our endeavour to learn from our inspiring guests and get their insight on the pertinent (and our forever favourite) question what does #GoodGarbage mean to you? Feedback? Collaboration requests? Guest recommendations? Hit us up at connect@goodgarbagepodcast.com Language: en-us Genres: Natural Sciences, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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#106 The Future of Packaging: Flexibles, Printing & End-of-Life with Allison Scales
Friday, 9 October, 2026
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! 🎧 Full episode on Spotify & Apple: https://www.goodgarbage.infoIn 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 packagingChapters:00:00 Introduction to Allison Scales and Atlantic Packaging01:59 Allison's leadership journey and early influences06:06 Career trajectory and key learnings in printing industry11:03 Basics of flexible packaging and its importance12:00 Materials and equipment in flexible packaging production13:45 Evolution and significance of flexible packaging in daily life16:52 Multilayer structures and their role in shelf life extension18:51 Industry standards and decision factors for packaging structures21:59 Challenges of recycling multilayer flexible packaging24:04 Complexity of printing and converting flexible materials27:05 Atlantic's equipment innovations for sustainable packaging36:55 Atlantic's history from newspaper to diversified packaging company43:58 Atlantic's initiatives in sustainable packaging solutions49:56 Future growth plans and industry evolution56:06 Challenges in customer adoption and industry change57:06 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▶ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@GoodGarbage🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple: https://linktr.ee/goodgarbagepodcast🔗 More: https://www.goodgarbage.info💌 Contact us: sargam.krishna@goodgarbage.info
