Barry Cosier

Co-CEO, SPSA

Barry Cosier has over 30 years’ experience in both the Resource Recovery  and Recycling Industry and in the Food and Grocery Industry. Like many, he started his working career packing shelves in supermarkets while at university. Since then, he has worked for multinational grocery companies, was CEO of a privately owned Australian food manufacturing company and represented small to medium enterprises on the Australian Food and Grocery Council board.

He then moved to the Resource Recovery industry and was involved in Council contracts, collections, MRF processing and was a member of various state government Industry Advisory Panels.

While Director of Sustainability at the Australian Food and Grocery Council he led the development of the National Plastics Recycling Scheme (NPRS). was an Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) board member,  and a member of the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Resource Recovery Reference Groups.