Wes Carter is the third-generation leader of Atlantic Packaging, the largest privately owned industrial packaging company in North America. Atlantic supports major consumer products packaging needs across virtually every manufacturing vertical, specializing in packaging optimization through technology and comprehensive programs to drive sustainable value.

Today, as the president of Atlantic Packaging, Wes is also the driving force behind A New Earth Project, the company’s sustainability initiative, and its commitment to working with brands of all sizes to transition away from environmentally problematic packaging and help rid the world’s oceans, lakes, and rivers of plastic pollution.

Wes is an avid outdoorsman, lifelong surfer, and traveler who resides in Charleston, South Carolina. He serves on Boards of Directors for The Conservation Alliance, WildAid, and the South Carolina Conservation Bank as well as the California SB-54 Packaging Producer Responsibility Advisory Board, the Lowcountry Land Trust Board, and the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors in addition to other local and regional organizations fighting the waste crisis.