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Dordan blog: Packaging (4)

Day 7: Oct. 18, 2009

Happy Friday! I just got word that there is a plastics recycling conference in Texas in March; I hope I can go! After receiving the email from Robert that explained that he would..

Day 6: Oct. 17, 2009

So it turns out that if you click on the graphs (from yesterday’s post) you can see a full screen image of the graphs, which should clarify any confusion created by the fuzzy..

Day 4: Oct. 16, 2009

So what did I do with this information? Nothing; I filled it in the “miscellaneous” section of my research hoping to return to it on a rainy day. After several days of stewing..

Day 5: Oct 15, 2009

Check out what I found: Wow, 52% of Municipal Solid Waste was attributed to paper and paperboard products in 2007? Who’d thunk? Okay…so while paper is the largest contributor to..

Day 2: Oct. 10, 2009

After nearly missing the train from Chicago to Woodstock and spilling coffee on my new pencil skirt, I made it to the office, hoping that something would be waiting there to lift..

Day 3: Oct 13, 2009

One of my professors from undergrad, Dr. Scott Paeth, continues to be a sounding board for my inquiries about ethics, even several months into my post-grad life. As my academic..

Introduction to the "Recycling project"

I am a third-generation thermoformer, which means I have a passion for plastic packaging; it's in my blood. Having just graduated from DePaul University with a degree in Religious..

Day 1: Oct. 8th, 2009

While at my first “business conference” in Atlanta for the members-only Sustainable Packaging Coalition (hereafter, SPC), I had the opportunity to chit-chat with Robert Carlson of..

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