As one of six finalists from the region for the CDL Environmental Journalist of the Year at the inaugural Asian Environmental Journalism Awards 2012 , it was a pleasure and a privilege to host the Asia Packaging Sustainability Summit conference in Singapore which saw some 200 industry professionals from around the world gather to learn from case studies on elimination, reuse and recycle from brand owners like Nestle, P&G, Unilever, PepsiCo, L’Oréal and many more.
Over two days (15-16 march 2023), Wayne was blown away by insightful keynotes and panel discussions about global regulatory trends on packaging sustainability, and the latest technology from the whole value chain, as experts came together to map a suitable road for companies to embrace the circular economy
Wayne also came away from the conference with a deeper understanding of physical recycling and advanced recycling, something that this former environmental beat journalist at Channel NewsAsia thoroughly enjoyed exploring.