Aspen U Speaker Series - December 12

Recycling’s Role in a Circular Economy | Limelight Aspen | Thursday, December 12th, at 6pm | (Doors Open at 5pm for Drinks and Mingling)

Aspen U is Aspen One’s free program for employees and the community, combining education with beer and conversations with climate and justice leaders.

A Night with Zan Jones We are not in a recycling crisis — we are in a packaging crisis. In particular, a plastic, single-use disposable, packaging crisis. It was always supposed to be (and still is) all about reduce, reuse, then recycle. Unfortunately, the petrochemical and packaging industries have exploited this fundamental premise and used recycling as a cover to increase plastic production exponentially — and in the process are trashing recycling, literally and by association. Join a conversation with Zan Jones, head of Eco-Cycle (one of the largest and oldest nonprofit recyclers in the country) and former Mayor of Boulder. She'll talk about what real recycling solutions are necessary to drive a circular materials economy versus what is greenwashing BS from the plastics industry.