Jul 28, 2026 · 46 min · 12 segments
Making certified compostable packaging work in real-world organic streams takes strategic coordination across the entire circular economy supply chain. Host Christine Yeager connects with…
Meghan IbachGuestChristine JaegerHost[upbeat music] Welcome to Change Cycle, the podcast exploring the shift to a circular economy.
Join host Christine Jaeger as she dives into sustainable business actions with leading experts and confronts the discomfort that comes with change.
Discover how change is at the center of optimizing recycling and creating a regenerative future.
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Today's conversation is with somebody who is making change across the composting system.
As the product zero waste specialist for Eco-Products across the Rockies, Pacific Northwest, and parts of the Southwest, Megan sits at the exact point where certified compostable packaging either works or falls apart.
She works with compost manufacturers and haulers and, uh, ven- venues to pull non-compostable material out of it, the stream, before it's their problem.
And that's a tough position to be in because compostable packaging is one of the few material categories where a producer's design decision directly determines whether a facility downstream can accept the load at all, and where EPR, eco-modulation credits, and real-world compostability don't always agree.
She's worked at nearly every point in the supply chain, which means she can tell you where the linear to circular handoff actually breaks rather than where the marketing says it does.
She's here to share with us some fun facts about fungus, uh, pun intended, but also to just share how she brings her energy to something that I'm also passionate about.
So I really enjoyed this conversation and learned a lot, and I hope you do, too.
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[upbeat music] Welcome to Change Cycle, the podcast exploring the shift to a circular economy.
Join host Christine Jaeger as she dives into sustainable business actions with leading experts and confronts the discomfort that comes with change.
Discover how change is at the center of optimizing recycling and creating a regenerative future.
Tune into Change Cycle and be part of the solution.
Today's conversation is with somebody who is making change across the composting system.
As the product zero waste specialist for Eco-Products across the Rockies, Pacific Northwest, and parts of the Southwest, Megan sits at the exact point where certified compostable packaging either works or falls apart.
She works with compost manufacturers and haulers and, uh, ven- venues to pull non-compostable material out of it, the stream, before it's their problem.
And that's a tough position to be in because compostable packaging is one of the few material categories where a producer's design decision directly determines whether a facility downstream can accept the load at all, and where EPR, eco-modulation credits, and real-world compostability don't always agree.
She's worked at nearly every point in the supply chain, which means she can tell you where the linear to circular handoff actually breaks rather than where the marketing says it does.
She's here to share with us some fun facts about fungus, uh, pun intended, but also to just share how she brings her energy to something that I'm also passionate about.
So I really enjoyed this conversation and learned a lot, and I hope you do, too.
