Packaging Industry Memorializes Laura Rowell, Elisabeth Comere
AMERIPEN, The Sustainable Packaging Coalition, The Recycling Partnership, and the Carton Council of North America—industry organizations that operate at the intersection of packaging and environmental issues—were all established partly in thanks to two vibrant packaging leaders we lost in October 2021: Laura Rowell and Elisabeth Comere.
Both women were passionate believers in the value of packaging to address social and environmental needs and the need for packaging to be responsibly recovered at its end of life. Due to these beliefs, their efforts drove the development of initiatives focused on advancing holistic policy, advanced packaging recovery initiatives, and sustainability education. To many in the sustainable packaging space, they served as mentors—generous with their time and insights.