PFAS and Our Planet: Tackling the ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis for a Sustainable Future

PFAS and Our Planet: Tackling the ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis for a Sustainable Future – Free Webinar

In celebration of Earth Day, RLG Canada and Reconomy hosted a timely conversation on one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time: PFAS, or “forever chemicals.” From clothing to food packaging, these chemicals are found in products all around us. As global awareness of their long-lasting impact on both human health and the environment grows, more and more jurisdictions around the world are banning their use.

Missed it? Watch the full recording of this webinar and gain valuable insights into how science, media, policy, and industry are coming together to address this global issue.

What You’ll Learn:

The health and environmental risks associated with PFAS, explained by a leading environmental scientist
How media can be used to spotlight environmental issues – and how you can help in raising awareness
An overview of the current and emerging PFAS regulatory landscape in North America

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Jamie DeWitt, Director, Environmental Health Sciences Center, Oregon State University

David Israelson, Principal, Eon Communications

Rachael Graziotto, Director, Circular and Compliance Solutions, RLG

Diane Crowe, Group Sustainability Director, Reconomy (Moderator)

The session brings together science, business, and the media in a discussion on what is needed to help drive real, lasting change on this global issue.

Watch the webinar and be part of the solution. Together, we can build a healthier, more sustainable planet.

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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.

PFAS and Our Planet: Tackling the ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis for a Sustainable Future – Free Webinar