Expert Interviews & Transcripts
Original interviews and a full list of experts Orb Media consulted.
The following sources were consulted during the production of this research package. Interview transcripts with sources quoted in this package are available for review and reuse, with credit to Orb Media.
At the end of this page, you will also find a full list of all the sources we interviewed and consulted during the creation of this piece.
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Jane Muncke
Managing Director, Food Packaging Forum
Birgit Geueke
Scientific Officer, Food Packaging Forum
Interview covers chemicals in food packaging and risks of migration.
Susan Thoman
Principal and Managing Director, Compost Manufacturing Alliance
Interview covers compostability of disposable food service ware.
Dianna Cohen
CEO and Co-Founder, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Interview covers the history and impacts of single-use plastics and addresses some alternatives.
Photo Credit: Kieran E. Scott, 200 Women
Terry Collins
Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry and Director of Institute for Green Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Interview covers chemicals in plastics and risks of migration.
Martin Mulvihill
Co-founder and Partner, SaferMade
Interview covers PFAS-free molded fiber products and other safer and more sustainable disposable food service products and materials.
Alicia Culver
Executive Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
Interview covers safer and more sustainable food service products and materials.
Lisa Zimmerman
PhD researcher, Goethe University Frankfurt
Interview covers chemicals in bioplastics and risks of migration.
Mark Rossi
Executive Director, Clean Production Action
Interview covers the upcoming Green Screen certification program for food packaging.
Additional Experts Consulted During the Creation of this Package
Cristina Nerin, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Sue Chiang, Pollution Prevention Director, Center for Environmental Health
Caroline Cox, Senior Scientist, Center for Environmental Health
Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign Director, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
Laurel Schaider, Research Scientist, Silent Spring Institute
Morton Barlaz, Distinguished University Professor and Head, Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
Greg Bedice, Executive VP of Sales, Global Source Ltd
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