Episode 2: The Problems for Packaging
Recorded on August 24, 2026
In Episode 2, Mark and Julie look at a variety of topics including the growth of some newer companies focusing on the pet industry including, the trend of those larger publicly traded companies to be using cash to buy back shares rather than invest in their businesses and the move by 7 States including California to shift the costs of packaging waste away from the taxpayer and the municipalities and on to the manufacturers.
The episode' s featured guest is Sherry Silk, CEO of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. Sherry is one of the great leaders in animal welfare and was one of the first CEO's to launch a full service hospital at he main campus in Hillsborough and to complete a merger with another animal welfare organisation in this case the Humane Society of Pinellas. Over the past 12 months her organisation has adopted out more than 11,000 pets and her clinic has serviced over ? (what was the number?) animals principally dogs and cats.