America’s Change Makers

Ron, the Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs at SEE, inspires and motivates the younger generation to embrace purpose and passion in their efforts to safeguard our food, products, lives, and the planet.

Staci, head of marketing for the consumer business, BASF Performance Materials North America, is leading the charge in developing sustainable solutions for products we all use in our everyday lives.

Eric, co-founder of Nexus Circular, is using advanced technology to revolutionize recycling. His approach reduces the need for new manufacturing and natural resources, helping to address the plastic waste problem and advance the circular economy.

Timi, a chemical engineer and sustainability manager at Sealed Air, is working to improve the sustainability benefits of flexible plastic packaging by using innovative “advanced recycling” technologies.

Mark has always had a passion for tinkering and dreaming big. His role at Covestro involves helping tech companies design their products more efficiently, effectively and sustainably.

Monika is an e-commerce market manager at NOVA Chemicals who helps big brands improve their sustainability by creating recyclable and sustainable packaging.

Jake is breaking the mold for manufacturing by using 3D printing to make products… sometimes using materials that otherwise were destined for the landfill.

Meet some of the women helping make sustainable change in plastics.

He brings together material suppliers, recyclers, product designers, packagers and others to break down used plastic into its building blocks to be remade into new plastic. Over and over.

Fran helps take care of hundreds of Braskem employees that create many of the materials that help protect medical professionals.

As President of Alterra, he’s deploying new technologies to recycle previously difficult-to-recycle plastic, again and again.

Mark manages three facilities that make the material used in essential products that most of us rely on every day.