Simon Aumonier, Designing Trash: Packaging Choices and Waste Management Systems Sustainable Consumption and Production

The talk is the third of a special 2011/2012 IEM Speaker Series sponsored by Nestle Waters North America. In its 21st year, the IEM Lecture Series brings speakers from companies and organizations to the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies to discuss the relationship between business and the environment. This year's lecture series, Producers, Packaging and Public Policy, explores the topic of extended producer responsibility (EPR) and packaging. Nestle Waters, an industry leader in exploring EPR issues, is the primary sponsor of this special lecture series. The goal of the lecture series is to explore the advantages and disadvantages of the application of EPR to packaging waste and municipal solid waste more generally in the U.S. For more information on our lecture series, visit http://cie.research.yale.edu/lecture-series/2011-epr-lecture-series.html