Single-Use Plastic Circularity Summit

Creating a new life for single-use plastics

The scientific process is incredibly important to the health of the globe, as we have seen within the global pandemic over the last two years. However, it is a rather wasteful process. Single-use plastics are the cause of this. Avoiding plastic straws and grocery bags are a great personal effort but let’s take it another step forward. The scientific and manufacturing communities can come together to reduce the use of single-use plastics throughout the innovative processes we all know and love.

This Sept. 26 event showcased a collective of professionals from contributors across the ecosystem, to resin vendors and end-of-life recyclers. Keynote speakers and panelists led discussions revolving around understanding the industry, identifying support motives, and collaborative efforts within ecosystem participants. Register now to view content from the event on demand.
 

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Time Topic / Activity
8 - 9 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
Samberg Conference Center - 6th Floor Lobby

9 - 9:10 a.m.

Welcome Remarks
Christie McCarthy - Director of Sustainability, Corning Life Sciences
9:10 - 9:45 a.m. Keynote: The Value of Working Together to Achieve Scale
Joseph Vaillancourt - CEO, Cyclyx International
9:45 - 10:10 a.m. Level Setting the Plastic Recycling Landscape in 2022
Peylina Chu - Executive Director, Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC)
10:10 - 10:25 a.m. Break
10:25 - 11 a.m. Current Solutions to a Challenging Waste Stream
Jacqueline Hollands - Global Manager, Product Recycling & Innovation, MilliporeSigma (Moderator)
Michael Farrell - Disposal Coordinator, Triumvirate Environmental
Natalie Martinez - Feed to Value Business Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical
Elaine Wagener - National Account Manager, Industrial Solutions, Casella Resource Solutions
11 - 11:30 a.m. Demonstrating Carbon Reduction with LCAs
Dr. Marco Castaldi - Professor, Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
11:30 - noon The Corporate Value of Circularity
Jeremy Wallach - Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company 
Noon - 12:30 p.m. Reshape Safe, Sustainable Labs and Makerspaces on Campus: An Experimental Study on Material Flow through Human-centered System Design
Sheng-Hung Lee - Designer and Ph.D. Researcher, MIT AgeLab Chair, IDSA Boston
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Notes from the Trenches: What is Working & Not Working with Lab Plastic Waste
Roy Weedman - Senior Zero Waste Programs Manager,  JLL (Moderator)
Laura Adelman -  Sustainability Lead, Bio Life Plasma Services, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Daniel Chau - Recycling Program Manager,  University of California, San Francisco
Mitchell Galanek - Associate Director, Health and Safety (EHS) Programs, MIT
Vidal Elzam - Sr. Pilot Plant Technician, Genentech
Jacqueline Hollands - Global Manager, Product Recycling & Innovation, MilliporeSigma 
2:20 - 3 p.m. The Circular Value Chain: How the Industry Supply Chain Is Forming an Ecosystem for Results
Christie McCarthy - Director, Corning Life Sciences (Moderator)
Kyle Castaldy - Process Engineer Manager, Technip Energies
Matt Durbin - SVP, Digital Asset Strategy and Technical Services, Cyclyx International
James O'Brien - CEO, Polycarbin
Richard Shaw - Director, Circular Economy & Sustainability, Americas Styrenics
3 - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. What's Next: Take Action to Make Life Sciences Circularity Real
Jacqueline Hollands - Global Manager, Product Recycling & Innovation, MilliporeSigma (Moderator)
Roy Weedman - Senior Zero Waste Programs Manager, JLL
Susan Pinera - Senior Manager, National Sustainability, SBM Management Services
Rob Spalding - Business Development Manager, Cyclyx International
4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Christie McCarthy -  Director of Sustainability, Corning Life Sciences
4:30 - 6 p.m.

Networking Happy Hour

 

Speakers

Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Cyclyx Chief Executive Officer Joe Vaillancourt was the event's keynote speaker and has more than 25 years of operational, financial, and strategic experience in industrial, environmental, and energy innovation and infrastructure development.

Mr. Vaillancourt has helped commercialize 15 environmental technologies working closely with large strategic companies and private equity firms in the energy and industrial sectors. Prior to Cyclyx, he spent 15 years at Waste Management where he was one of the founding members of the corporate venturing group responsible for developing new and innovative growth platforms in the environmental, sustainability, solid waste, recycling, energy and cleantech sectors. 

Christie McCarthy

Christie McCarthy

Director of Sustainability, Corning Life Sciences

Peylina Chu

Peylina Chu

Executive Director, HPRC

Jacqueline Hollands

Jacqueline Hollands

Global Manager, Millipore Sigma

Elaine Wagener

National Account Manager, Industrial Solutions, Casella Resource Solutions

Natalie Martinez

Feed to Value Business Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical

Michael Farrell

Disposal Coordinator, Triumvirate Environmental

Dr. Marco Castaldi

Professor, Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York

Jeremy Wallach

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Sheng-Hung Lee

Designer and Ph.D. Researcher, MIT AgeLab Chair, IDSA Boston

Laura Adelman

Laura Adelman

Sustainability Lead, BioLife Plasma Services at Takeda Pharmaceutical/BioLife Division

Vidal Elzam

Sr. Pilot Plant Technician, Genentech

Daniel Chau

Recycling Program Manager,  University of California, San Francisco

Roy Weedman

Senior Zero Waste Programs Manager,  JLL

Mitchell Galanek

Associate Director, Health and Safety (EHS) Programs, MIT

Matt Durbin

SVP, Digital Asset Strategy and Technical Services, Cyclyx International

James O'Brien

James O’Brien

CEO and Co-founder, Polycarbin

Kyle Castaldy

Process Engineer Manager, Technip Energies

Richard Shaw

Director, Circular Economy & Sustainability, Americas Styrenics

Susan Pinera

Senior Manager, National Sustainability, SBM Management Services

Rob Spaulding

Business Development Manager, Cyclyx International

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