About the Program
The future of metal packaging should be one where every can is not only recyclable, but widely accepted in a recycling program near you! Beyond engaging consumers to build awareness and change recycling behaviors, collaboration across can making and recycling is needed to identify and remove barriers to increase can recycling.
Join us to learn about the circulatory advantages of recycling aluminum beverage cans, the gaps in recovery pathways, and how we can change it for the better.
Led by Roxanne Sharif, Director of Sustainability at the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI).
About Roxanne Sharif
Roxanne Sharif is Director of Sustainability at the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), the national trade association representing the metal can manufacturing industry and its suppliers. In this role, Roxanne leads CMI's non-policy sustainability initiatives, including research, member engagement, and cross-sector collaborations that advance recycling and strengthen the circular economy value of metal packaging.
Much of Roxanne's work focuses on increasing recycling rates for beverage cans, food cans, aerosol cans, and other metal packaging, including steel. She helps support the aluminum beverage can sector recycling targets and related pillars of action, with particular emphasis on improving Material Recovery Facility sortation, sharing data and technical information with state agencies and organizations engaged in recycled refund systems and extended producer responsibility implementation.
Roxanne also supports public engagement and industry partnership initiatives such as Every Can Counts, the Million Cans Recycling Contest, and the Aerosol Recycling Initiative, which help make metal packaging sustainability story more visible, accessible, and effective. Through this work, she helps position metal cans as high-value, domestically recyclable packaging formats that preserve resources, reduce waste, and contribute to a resilient circular economy.
Questions for Roxanne's Session?
Email your questions to info@womenincanmakingassociation.org and we’ll add them to our list!
