Jon Smieja
Trellis Group
Jon earned his BS in Chemistry from the University of St. Thomas and a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of California – San Diego. After graduate school, Jon joined Steelcase Inc. as their environmental chemist and eventually moved into a role as a leader in sustainable design and development. He joined Andersen Windows & Doors where he served as corporate sustainability manager and was responsible for product lifecycle assessments, material ingredient transparency, and preparing Andersen for a future in the circular economy. Jon is now the VP of Circularity and Senior Analyst at Trellis Group, a media and events company that works to accelerate the just transition to a clean economy.
Grab your stainless steel mug, the Reusies are coming
Matt Prindiville, CEO and chief solutioneer at Upstream Solutions, discusses his organization's quest to help reuse business models scale and the need for more infrastructure to support those strategies. Read More
Business model innovation accelerates circularity
For a circular future to become a reality, companies must redesign products and embrace new customer relationships with customers. That’s particularly true in apparel and electronics. Read More
The technological evolution of materials recycling
It’s time to update how we sort valuable materials (a.k.a. waste). Read More
Detoxifying chemistry for a circular future
We cannot expect to transition to a sustainable circular economy by continuing to rely on toxic chemistry. Read More
What's up with the global plastics treaty?
An update from WWF's Erin Simon and OPLN's Dave Ford, who attended INC-1 in Uruguay. Read More
Where the micropolymers are
They're almost everywhere — and they come from some surprising sources. Read More
In an economy obsessed with growth, we must find a way to reduce consumption
There’s a reason reduce is the first R in 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.' Read More
Should we give plastic credits a chance?
They could play an important role during the transition to packaging innovations that don’t lead to plastic pollution. Read More
In Southern India, managing waste is a government failure
But the problem started in the Global North. Read More
This collective wants to fix the beauty industry's packaging problem
Pact Collective, founded by two industry veterans, currently consists of more than 130 member companies from across the beauty value chain. Read More
