Focus Areas
For over 25 years, the principals of Aspen Conservation Technologies have been building business in industries ranging from semiconductors, to nanotechnology, phase change materials, hemp-based coldchain packaging and Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) transportation packaging. Our current areas of focus are listed here.
Services
Start-Up Strategy & Financial Modeling
Aspen Conservation Technologies helps material-science start-ups turn innovation into investable businesses. Drawing on decades of executive experience leading venture-funded technology companies, we develop realistic business strategies, detailed financial models, and compelling investor presentations. Our guidance bridges the gap between technical promise and market success—positioning clients to attract capital, manage growth, and communicate effectively with investors and boards.
Product Development & Sales Assistance
We translate breakthrough ideas into commercially viable products and revenue. Having launched and scaled multiple materials-based ventures—from semiconductor devices to sustainable packaging—Aspen provides practical, hands-on support in product design, pilot trials, customer validation, and direct sales execution. Clients gain both engineering insight and executive-level sales expertise that accelerates commercialization and builds early market traction.
EPR Compliance & NGO Relationship Development
Aspen’s deep sustainability expertise helps companies navigate emerging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations and engage constructively with environmental NGOs. Combining real-world experience in packaging, recycling, and policy with established professional credibility—including Forbes Business Council membership and university lecturing—we craft compliance strategies and communication programs that strengthen reputation, reduce regulatory risk, and align innovation with environmental stewardship.
Insights
8/22/24
Recent Recycling Innovations to Facilitate Sustainable Packaging Materials: A Review
This review examines advances in recycling technologies for packaging and related solid-waste materials, analysing mechanical, chemical and systemic innovations, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on packaging flows, and the socio-economic and regulatory enablers and barriers to scaling circular packaging systems.
2/2/24
Plastic Packaging Waste Management: A Case in Implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility Policies in Minnesota
This policy-analysis article examines the implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes for plastic packaging, focusing on U.S. state efforts (particularly Minnesota) and drawing lessons from the European Union experience. It outlines policy design options, producer obligations and infrastructure
11/15/23
Innovation in Start Up Business Models for Sustainable Development
This empirical study examines a start-up offering energy-saving solutions to local-government units, using business-model tools (including the Business Model Canvas and Triple-Layer Business Model Canvas) to analyse how value is created, delivered and captured in a sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial venture.
8/8/23
Trade group says EPS being recycled commercially – Recycling Today
The article highlights a notable milestone for expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging: according to survey data from Resource Recycling Systems, North American EPS transport packaging achieved an estimated recycling rate of roughly 31 % in 2022. The piece underscores how business-to-business recycling channels, rather than curbside systems, are driving this progress
3/1/23
Recent Advances in Natural Fibre-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications
This review article surveys the state of natural-fibre-based materials for food packaging, discussing their sources, fibre treatments, composite processing methods and performance characteristics (mechanical strength, barrier functions). It frames these biomaterials as promising alternatives to fossil-derived plastics yet acknowledges the barriers to scaling for packaging applications