Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum USA

27th - 28th October 2026

Chicago, USA

Jason Pelz

Vice President Sustainability US and Canada

Tetra Pak

Jason Pelz is Vice President of Sustainability for Tetra Pak in the United States & Canada. Jason and his team work with a range of stakeholders across these two geographies to advance Tetra Pak’s global sustainability ambitions, including growing recycling and collection of post-consumer cartons, and reducing climate impact across the value chain.

Jason also serves as Vice President of Recycling for Carton Council, where he works with food and beverage brand owners, local municipalities and communities, and other third parties such as MRFs, recyclers and paper mills to increase the availability of carton recycling in the U.S. and Canada.

Jason Pelz's sessionsView full agenda

Day 0

Monday 26th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
17:00 - 18:00
Day 1

Tuesday 27th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
08:45 - 08:50
Welcome words 
Institute of Packaging Professionals
09:10 - 09:50
EPR compliance infrastructure: What do the rules require and what can the market deliver? 
RecycleMe | The Recycling Partnership | ALDI USA | Unilever
Plenary
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:50
Closing the loop: How to develop viable end markets for secondary materials 
Tetra Pak | Can Manufacturers Institute | Crown Holdings | NAPCOR
Plenary
11:50 - 12:20
Plenary
12:20 - 13:20
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Day 2

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
08:45 - 08:55
08:55 - 09:30
Circular economy as industrial strategy: How to build stronger value chains and local economies 
Delterra | Martin Brower | Washington State Department of Commerce
Plenary
09:50 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:10
Reuse at scale: What works, what doesn’t, and pathways forward 
Mastercard | Tomra | Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Plenary
11:10 - 11:50
Case study
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:20
Plenary