Session Chairs: Anna Cummins, 5 Gyres Institute; Dune Ives, The Lonely Whale Foundation
Engaging NGOs, policymakers, and advocates in an exploration of best practices and lessons learned around corporate and regulatory product campaigns.
NGOS, policymakers, and advocates have worked together over the last few decades on product-specific source reduction through both regulatory and corporate facing campaigns to address particularly problematic items – plastic bags, microbeads, and polystyrene to name a few. Several of these product campaigns have resulted in legislative outcomes – the California and Hawaii statewide bans on plastic bag, the Federal ban on microbeads, as well as numerous municipal policies directed at sources reduction around the country. But non-legislative campaigns have also lead to successful initiatives – such as Ikea’s and McDonald’s phasing out of polystyrene, and restaurants around the country switching to paper straws and recyclable/compostable packaging. What can we learn about these success, failures, challenges, and outcomes going forward to better inform plastic waste reduction campaigns? This panel will feature experts from both the legislative/policy perspective, and the corporate engagement sector, to share case studies, best practices, strategy, and engage the audience in a discussion around collaborative future approaches.
PANEL:
- – Dune Ives, The Lonely Whale Foundation
- – Anna Cummins, 5 Gyres Institute
- – Nicky Davies, Plastic Solutions Fund
- – Monica Wilson, GAIA
- – Kate Melges, Greenpeace USA
Abstracts
Bags, bottles, and beads: the way forward on product and corporate campaigns
Presenting: Dune Ives (The Lonely Whale Foundation, United States), Anna Cummins (5 Gyres, United States), Nicky Davies (Plastic Solutions Fund, United States), Monica Wilson (GAIA, United States), Kate Melges (Greenpeace USA, United States)
NGOS, policymakers, and advocates have worked together over the last few decades on product-specific source reduction through both regulatory and corporate facing campaigns to address particularly problematic items – plastic bags, microbeads, and polystyrene to name a few. Several of these product campaigns have resulted in legislative outcomes – the California and Hawaii statewide bans on plastic bag, the Federal ban on microbeads, as well as numerous municipal policies directed at sources reduction around the country. But non-legislative campaigns have also lead to successful initiatives – such as Ikea’s and McDonald’s phasing out of polystyrene, and restaurants around the country switching to paper straws and recyclable/compostable packaging. What can we learn about these success, failures, challenges, and outcomes going forward to better inform plastic waste reduction campaigns? This panel will feature experts from both the legislative/policy perspective, and the corporate engagement sector, to share case studies, best practices, strategy, and engage the audience in a discussion around collaborative future approaches.Panelists- Dune Ives (USA)Anna Cummins (USA)Nicky Davies (Australia)Monica Wilson (USA)Kate Melges (USA)