Anne Johnson, RRS Vice President

Biography

Anne Johnson is a Principal and Vice President of Global Corporate Sustainability for RRS. She has more than 20 years of multi-disciplinary experience working with global consumer product brands and manufacturers on sustainable product and packaging design and recovery, as well as corporate sustainability strategy and goal setting. Anne was key in developing RRS TruCycle®, a packaging assessment that analyzes recyclability or compostability.

Recent Team Projects

  • Carton Council: RRS has supported this collaborative association on their way to their goal of 60% U.S. carton recycling access through data research and analysis, communications and outreach, and policy/legislative monitoring and support.

Affiliations/Memberships

  • Keep America Beautiful
  • Procter & Gamble Advisory Panel

Topical Expertise

  • Sustainable Packaging
  • Corporate Sustainability
  • Product Life Cycle
  • Circular Economy

Recent Speaking Engagements/Publications

  • Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Litter Summit (Nov 2019): Global Trends in Plastics: Environmental, Economic, and Reputational Costs
  • E-Pack Summit (Oct 2019): The Impact of Anti-Plastic and Anti-Single Use Movements on E-Commerce Packaging Strategies
  • Sustainable Furnishings Council (May 2019): Recycling Textiles
  • WasteExpo (May 2019): Plastic: Many Views and Single Use
  • LabelExpo Americas (Sep 2018): Sustainable Materials Management
  • Colorado Association for Recycling Conference (Jun 2018): End Markets Roundtable
  • Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council Summit (May 2018): Purchasing that Stewards the Commons
  • Plastics Recycling Conference (Feb 2018): Exploring Various Policy Approaches (Plastics Recycling Market Development Session)
  • Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference (Oct 2017): The Post-Consumer Textile Collections Conundrum
  • Plastic Caps & Closures Conference (Sep 2017): Caps, Closures, and End of Life Issues
  • Interpak (May 2017): From Trash to Treasure: Closing the Recycling Loop on Flexible Packaging
  • Environmental Research & Education Foundation Life-Cycle Assessment Workshop (Apr 2017): Considerations for Practical Implementation of LCA by Management Entities and Policymakers
  • Waste360 Recycling Summit (Sep 2016): Limits to Recycling, Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Recycling
  • Applied Market Information Multilayer Packaging Film Conference (Jun 2016): Using MRF and Equipment Testing to Understand the Potential to Sort and Recover Flexible Packaging
  • ReFocus Recycling Summit (Apr 2016): Driving Industry-Led Material Recovery Solutions
  • Waste360 Recycling Summit (Sep 2015): Diversion Waste Panel
  • SustPack (Apr 2015): Closing the Gap Between Aspiration and Infrastructure
  • The Conference Board Annual Sustainability Summit (Apr 2015): Addressing the Gap in US Material Recovery

Education/Certifications

  • Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering, University of Virginia
  • Master of Science in Geoscience, University of Arizona
  • Bachelor of Arts in Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College

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Thought Leadership

  • New Report: Recommendations for Recycled Content

    Recommendations for Recycled Content: Requirements for Plastic Goods and Packaging The latest report from the Ocean Conservancy, Recommendations for Recycled Content: Requirements for Plastic Goods and Packaging, makes the case for recycled content standards at the national level for plastic products and packaging within the US. The report, prepared through collaboration with RRS, reviews the […]

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  • Is Resilience the Silver Lining to Chinese Waste Ban?

    Is Resilience the Silver Lining to Chinese Waste Ban? On July 19th, the long-rumored ban of scrap materials, including many types of post-consumer plastics, was formally announced by the Chinese through the WTO.  This ban is seen as the culmination of escalating actions taken by the Chinese government to address the dumping of scrap and […]

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  • Textile Waste

    Let’s Talk: Textile Waste February 23, 2017 Last month in Resource Recycling magazine RRS highlighted data on textile waste in the monthly Data Corner feature. With the Data Corner starting the conversation, we wanted to continue it and get your opinions too. Below, RRS VP Anne Johnson and Sr. Consultant Marisa Adler dive a little […]

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