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Adam Gendell

Circular Ventures Director - The Recycling Partnership

Adam brings a collaborative, systems thinking approach to circular economy challenges, focusing on building bridges between stakeholder groups and translating macro trends into action. As part of the Circular Ventures team, Adam serves as point lead for the PET Recycling Coalition, an impact-driven initiative aimed broadening the circularity of PET and unlocking new sources of recycled content. Adam’s approach is grounded in an extensive understanding of sustainable material flows and life cycle thinking, having studied the international landscape of recycling policy and emerging recovery technologies at Eunomia Research & Consulting as well as bringing over a decade of experience working across the packaging and packaged goods value chain at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. Adam has worked closely with multi-national corporations, NGOs, startups, government agencies, and academic institutions, gaining a deep appreciation for the value of diverse perspectives in addressing systemic challenges. At The Recycling Partnership, Adam works to bring it all together by guiding big steps towards a more resilient and sustainable materials economy.

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SB Webinar - Addressing System-Level Change for Circularity: The Central Role of Partnerships

Leadership no longer looks like a large company beating the competition to an incredible, unique solution; it looks like changing the system through collaborative innovation. “We know we can’t do it alone” is a phrase used frequently by a wide ... View More

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Solving for Circularity: How the Recycling Partnership Leverages Industry Partners to Improve Today's Recycling System

Join The Recycling Partnership, Proctor & Gamble, and Eastman as they discuss the opportunities and challenges of improving today’s recycling system and how molecular recycling is helping brands meet circular plastic goals.... View More

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Even COVID Can’t Stop Sustainable Packaging

As hopes mount for a new, post-COVID “normal,” many systems are in flux and the state of sustainable packaging is once again in question. How will businesses adapt? Or re-adapt? Or un-adapt? Shelton Group CEO Suzanne Shelton and the Sustainable P... View More

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