RLG and Reconomy Join RCC 2025 Retail Sustainability Conference in Toronto

RLG and Reconomy Join RCC 2025 Retail Sustainability Conference in Toronto

Join leaders from Reconomy and RLG at The Retail Council of Canada’s annual Retail Sustainability Conference will take place on October 30, 2025, at the Toronto Congress Centre South. 

Common Data Management Challenges and Solutions

RLG experts, including CEO, Patrick Wiedemann, Director of Circular and Compliance Solutions, Rachael Graziotto, and Senior Business Development Director, Leslie Griffith, will present a session walking producers through solutions to meet various challenges related to packaging EPR data collection and reporting.  

This session draws on RLG’s extensive experience as a long-time provider of packaging data management services, offering practical solutions to the most common challenges. Speakers will explore how to close data gaps through stronger supplier collaboration, correct inaccuracies with actionable improvements, and uncover missed opportunities for cost savings, efficiency gains, and waste reduction.   

BONUS: Attendees of this session will be given exclusive first access to RLG’s Retailers Guide to Packaging EPR in Canada. 

The guide offers an overview for EPR for packaging in Canada, and also offers insights into some common questions retailers face under EPR laws.  

Visit Booth 106 and Enter to Win a EPR Compliance Consultation

Be sure to stop by RLG’s booth and enter the raffle to win a free one-hour EPR compliance consultation with RLG experts.  

RLG is also participating in RCC’s Passport promotion, and booth visitors can enter for the chance to win Sony Earbuds made with recycled materials.  

More Information

The Retail Council of Canada’s annual Retail Sustainability Conference will take place on October 30, 2025, at the Toronto Congress Centre South, located in Etobicoke, ON.  

This full-day event brings together leaders from the retail sector—including retailers, manufacturers, solution providers, and sustainability visionaries—to explore key topics like decarbonization, extended producer responsibility (EPR), supply chain risk, refill/reuse innovation, and operational resilience. The conference will feature panels, workshops, and networking opportunities, with sessions starting at 8:30 AM and running through late afternoon.  

Attendees can expect to hear from senior executives at leading brands, industry experts, and policymakers, all sharing practical insights to drive sustainable growth in Canadian retail. 

Let’s Meet in Toronto!

If you’re attending the RCC Sustainability Conference 2025, let’s connect. We’d love to discuss how RLG can support your organization’s sustainability goals through scalable, compliant, and data-driven solutions. 

Schedule a meeting in advance! 

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Les Griffith - Speakers

Business Development Director
RLGA

Les Griffith is currently the Business Development Director at RLGA and is tasked with expanding the company’s data management offerings for packaging EPR in the Americas. Les has over 30 years of industry experience in Environmental Services, Extended Producer Responsibility and Reverse Distribution. Les has spent these last 30 years working with organizations to develop progressively more sustainable solutions to the management of end-of-life materials. Prior to joining RLG, Les spent eleven years at Covanta most recently serving as the Business Development Director for the Healthcare Solutions division. His group covered North and Central America and specialized in providing a suite of services to healthcare PROs, take-back services to retail pharmacy and law enforcement and environmental services to the healthcare sector and reverse distributors. Prior to Covanta Les spent 10 years at Waste Management Inc. as an Area Manager for their Healthcare Solutions group.

Andriana Kontovrakis - Speakers

Director of Compliance Services
RLG

Andriana Kontovrakis is the Director of Compliance Services for Reverse Logistics Group’s US team.  She manages a team responsible for ensuring manufacturer and retailer customer compliance with EPR laws for electronics, batteries, packaging, household hazardous wastes, and other consumer products across the US. Along with RLG partner the Household and Commercial Products Association, she is spearheading the development of the Household Product Stewardship Alliance, a stewardship organization forming under the guidelines of Vermont’s HHW EPR law.  Prior to working with RLG, she was a Policy Analyst with the global electronics recycler Sims Lifecycle Solutions where she managed programmatic implementation and customer and supplier accounts for the US EPR compliance unit and the Deputy Director for Waste Prevention for the NYC Department of Sanitation.

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