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186 - Landfill degradable water bottles?? Kahle Wightman from Serum

186 - Landfill degradable water bottles?? Kahle Wightman from Serum

FromPeople of Packaging Podcast


186 - Landfill degradable water bottles?? Kahle Wightman from Serum

FromPeople of Packaging Podcast

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

I’m trying out a new service to decipher the audio into some nice summary and formats which you can view below the sponsor information!Be sure to thank our newest sponsor, Ruvi! Go to https://www.goruvi.com and use code packaging to get 15% off your orderIf you listened to the podcast and wanted to connect with Specright to rid the world of waste. Let’s go! www.specright.com/pkg. Prepare your company for the world of EPR laws and be the sustainability hero! Make sure you check them out and join them on their mission to have a world where people are free to make amazing things!Also…Are you sick and tired of the same positions at your PLANT consistently being open or just not being filled? Or maybe your facility just isn’t retaining talent due to not having dedicated recruitment support.If you need contract-to-hire support, or you are looking to hire directly for industry professionals…. Spark Packaging can help. Spark Packaging is the industry partner who provides all your recruitment and staffing needs.  If you are hearing this…and thinking “THAT’S ME”…You need to go to to SparkPackagingINC.com/HIRING , again that is SparkPackagingINC.com/HIRING and answer some of their questions. Once received a Spark team-member will reach out A-S-A-P! Tell them the Packaging Pastor sent ya!This podcast is part of a great network of podcasts about packaging. Go follow Sustainable Packaging with Cory Connors along with Packaging Unbox’d hosted by Evelio Mattos.If you want to be a guest on this podcast, or Sustainable Packaging with Cory Connors OR Packaging Unbox’d with Evelio, go to www.encasemedia.com and fill out an application for one or all!TITLE "Founder of Serum Explains Her Journey to Creating Environmentally-Friendly Packaging Solutions" SUMMARY Kahl Whiteman is the founder of Serum, a company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The podcast episode is her first and she is from Salt Lake City, Utah, where it was three degrees at the time of recording. Kayl has had a very interesting life up until this point, having worked on giant yachts and other places. She has come a long way to start her own company, Serum. She talks about how her life has been colorful and full of different experiences that have brought her to the place she is in today. She talks about her journey and the importance of taking risks to reach success. She also explains the mission of Serum and how it is helping people to have better lives. Kahl encourages listeners to take risks and trust in their capabilities to reach their goals, and to not be afraid of failure. The speaker is 24-year-old who grew up in Arizona and was instilled with a passion for plastic from a young age by his dad, who works in the plastic industry. When the speaker turned 18, he decided to pursue a career in boats, working as a chef on boats from 60 foot sailboats to 200 foot super yachts. The speaker gives a brief explanation of the metric system and how it works. Her dad is still working in the plastic industry, with the company supplying the additive that allows plastic to biodegrade in landfills. The speaker's passion for packaging was influenced by her dad, and now she is taking the things his dad instilled in her and multiplying them. In the conversation, the speaker talks about their high school senior thesis paper about landfills and the importance of integrating them into the reduce, reuse, recycle mindset. They then talk about their experience as a chef on boats, and how they noticed the plastic waste that was being sent to landfills, sparking their interest in the plastic industry and waste management. The speaker then explains that their company, Serum, takes already recycled plastic and adds a biodegradable additive before turning it into single-use water bottles. This process creates a viable, valuable end of life solution for these plastics, while also helping to reduce plastic waste. The conversation discussed the process of what happens to food waste, plastic bottles, and othe
Released:
Mar 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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This is a podcast where we illuminate the stories of people in the packaging industry and proudly sponsored by Specright.com Hosted by the Packaging Pastor, Adam Peek www.packagingisawesome.com