Victor Bell
Victor Bell is President of Environmental Packaging International (EPI), a consultancy specializing in global environmental packaging and product stewardship requirements. Mr. Bell, who founded EPI in 1998, is a Certified Packaging Professional with more than 20 years of experience with environmental issues associated with packaging and products. EPI has provided assistance to major companies worldwide in the electronics, retail, toy, soft drink, cosmetics, medical, and general merchandise industries. EPI provides consulting on a range of product stewardship issues. EPI clients include companies such as The Estée Lauder Companies, Coca-Cola, Cisco, Diageo, Hasbro, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, MeadWestvaco, Microsoft Corporation, Nike, The J.M. Smucker Company, Starbucks, TetraPak, and Walmart. Mr. Bell has served on the Executive Committee of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and is currently serving on the Global Packaging Project and ISO Packaging Standard committees . Mr. Bell has MMA (Marine Affairs) and BS (Natural Resource) degrees from the University of Rhode Island and an MS (Urban and Environmental Studies) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. At HBA 2011, he spoke in the session G-04: So You Want to Go Green: Definitions, Standards and Regulations. | ||