Jason Pelz is vice president of sustainability for Tetra Pak in the United States and Canada. Jason and his team work with a range of stakeholders across various geographies to advance Tetra Pak s global sustainability ambitions, including growing recycling and collection of post-consumer cartons and reducing climate impact across the value chain.
Jason also serves as vice president of recycling for Carton Council, where he works with food and beverage brand owners, local municipalities and communities, and other third parties such as recyclers and paper mills to increase the availability of carton recycling in the U.S. and Canada.
Jason joined Tetra Pak in 2012 from Waste Management, where he served as director for global export sales and directed the global export strategy for Waste Management s secondary fiber and waste plastics.
Jason is an expert in the recycling industry with over 30 years of experience working with MRFs, converters, pulp and paper mills, and plastics recyclers.
Jason attended the University of California at Los Angeles and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. He currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife and their four children. When not working to promote the environmental benefits of cartons, Jason likes to ski, golf and travel.