PFAS in Food Packaging and the Impact on Our Planet
The Green Bay Innovation Group would like to thank an outstanding group of presenters on PFAS on March 20, 2024. We covered a broad range of topics and issues regarding PFAS! We will be sending out the presentations in our upcoming GBIG NEWS to better understand the BIG PICTURE regarding PFAS.
- Tom Lee a Partner at Bryan, Cave, Leighton, Paisner LLP. Tom, an industry expert, will speak on PFAS in Food Packaging: State by State Regulations. In the absence of comprehensive federal regulations of PFAS in food packaging, states are dishing out their own laws.
- Martin Shafer PhD. Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and Water. He is a Research Scientist Geo/Environmental Chemistry. His PFAS projects primarily address atmospheric cycling (e.g., PFAS levels/deposition in precipitation) and cycling of PFAS in wastewater treatment facilities.
- Dr. Marissia Jablonski PhD. – Executive Director of the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. She is an accomplished Water Engineer, Environmental Advisor and Plastics-Reduction Expert who has worked in more than forty-five countries.
- Betsy Metzger – Product Development Manager for Glenroy, Inc. Glenroy is a flexible packaging company specializing in Food Packaging
- Brad Hartong – Primient – Applications Development Scientist in the Chemical and Paper Industries working with barrier coatings trying to replace fluorochemicals in various products.
- Kevin Nelson Senior Fellow at Amcor, AMIC Advisory Board and UW Madison Engineering Alum. He will discuss the material science behind packaging and various challenges the industry faces.
