How can we Overcome the Issue of Single-Use Plastic?

Product, brand and marketing professional with extensive experience in new product development, package design, strategic brand positioning, retail package design, POP/ POS sales promotion. Strong international collaboration with Swiss and French counterparts. North American lead for Swiss corporate HQ Global Brand / Product Development Team. Industrial design package engineering and product development background includes product ideation, structural design, manufacturing, sourcing, procurement and licensing. Disciplines include; visual merchandising, counterfeit labeling authentication, additive manufacturing, stereo lithography prototyping, interactive packaging that drives web traffic. Sustainability / carbon footprint leader. U-S-A patent holder D694,064

Lindsey McCoy has a master’s degree from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs and spent 10 years running environmental education nonprofits in The Bahamas - islands that are overwhelmingly full of single-use plastic. After her return to the United States, she and her sister co-founded Plaine Products in February, 2017 in order to help minimize single-use plastic and reduce waste in bathrooms across the country. Plaine Products offers premium personal care products in uniquely sustainable packaging: aluminum bottles that can be returned (for free), refilled and reused. Plaine Products has already diverted over 50,000 plastic bottles from landfills to date. Get more tips about reducing the plastic in your life by following Plaine Products on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Pinterest

Design and Packaging Engineering Director for the Latin-America division at Colgate-Palmolive Industrial Designer degree from Universidad Anahuac Master degree in Marketing from Universidad Anahuac Master degree in Innovation from Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro Luis has been working in global Companies as Kimberly Clark, Alberto Culver and Colgate Palmolive for the last 24 years, passionate about Innovation, Design, Production and sustainability to elevate Design and Packaging Engineering as a strategic value add for the company incorporating technical and Design expertise always focused in production efficiency.

Anu Gadhiraju currently works for GSK Consumer Healthcare as a Packaging Development Manager in R&D Respiratory Category which consists of a complete portfolio of leading, over the counter brands in multiple categories, including Allergy and Decongestion. In this role, Anu is primarily responsible for managing the strategy and execution of gross margin improvement initiatives across allergy and smokers’ health sub-categories along with innovation initiatives. Anu graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelors degree in Packaging Engineering and brings with her 14 years of experience in Packaging Design and Development with a concentration in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to GSK, Anu worked for Bayer Healthcare Diabetes division, where she was responsible for NPI projects focused on improvement of patient experience and innovative packaging solutions for diabetes meter kits as well as cost and process improvement projects. Prior to Bayer, Anu worked in packaging engineering roles with BMS and Pfizer based in the US and 3M based in the UK, with a similar focus on innovation and lifecycle management.