108: How Industry Collaboration and Technological Innovation Impact Sustainable Packaging with Garland Perkins

Fresh Takes On Tech

Today Garland Perkins, Director of Innovation and Sustainability at The Oppenheimer Group (Oppy), shares insights into the challenges and solutions surrounding sustainable packaging. Learn about the importance of balancing product protection with environmental considerations and why simply eliminating plastic isn't necessarily the answer.

Garland explains how Oppy collaborates with suppliers, retailers, and partners to implement sustainable packaging solutions and discusses the goals for single-use packaging in the coming years. Listen in to understand the vital role of technology in evolving sustainable packaging, practical solutions for the present, and the exciting future of sustainability at Oppy.

Key Takeaways

• What Garland is most excited about in terms of sustainable packaging.
• How Oppy measures the impact of environmental solutions.
• Why plastic use is such a hard hurdle to overcome.
• The biggest hurdle in introducing sustainable practice.
• How Oppy is using collaboration across the supply chain to introduce sustainable packaging.
• The goals for Oppy over the coming years.
• How technology will impact packaging.
• The importance of focusing on here-and-now solutions.

Guest Resources

• Garland Perkins: LinkedIn | Oppy

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