Packaging World: What's your role at PepsiCo, and how has it changed as the sustainability landscape has evolved since we last spoke? Tom Mooradian: It's great to be back with you! As Senior Manager for Environmental Sustainability for PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA), I'm getting to work in my dream role-driving sustainability for an influential company that really values it. A lot has changed since we last spoke in 2018. Between China's 'national sword' (policy in which they stopped purchasing bales from American recyclers), skyrocketing consumer awareness and concerns about plastic and the functionality of recycling systems, and of course the pandemic, things have been lively. At PepsiCo, we're still working to educate and boost awareness of recycling among consumers who have access and bringing access to those who don't. We're also working much more extensively on increasing the overall health of the recycling system and trying to build a more effective circular economy.
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