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Recycling
Community Poll: AI's value in Waste Management
Learn where your peers stand on the benefits of AI in waste management.
September 3, 2025
Recycling
FFRA Tackles the Flexible Film Recycling Challenge
At the Packaging Recycling Summit, Kurt Kurzawa of the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance shared how the group is teaming up with other industry organizations to boost flexible film recycling through better data, smarter labeling, and a whole lot of collaboration.
September 3, 2025
Kurt Kurzawa, senior director, sustainability and packaging at the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance
Recycling
Avery Dennison, Marks & Spencer, and Credo Beauty Launch Packaging Designed for Recyclability
ThePackHub
See a few examples of packaging designed for recyclability from Avery Dennison, Marks & Spencer, and Credo Beauty from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
September 3, 2025
The RFID label maintains the functional benefits of RFID technology, such as inventory visibility, product traceability and loss prevention, while aligning with recycling infrastructure requirements.
Digital Transformation
AI’s Impact on Robotics in Packaging: Smart Automation Meets Real-World Productivity
AI-driven robots are transforming packaging lines—from smart AMRs to vision-guided cobots—helping brand owners tackle SKU complexity, labor gaps, and automation with newfound speed, flexibility, and intelligence.
September 2, 2025
Abb
Recycling
Policy and Partnerships Drive Can and Bottle Recovery Efforts
At the Packaging Recycling Summit, speakers from the American Beverage Assn. and the Can Manufacturers Institute discussed how funding, policy, and partnerships offer the potential to drive real gains in capturing more cans and bottles for recycling.
September 2, 2025
(l. to r.) JD Ambati of EverestLabs, Megan Daum of ABA, and Scott Breen of CMI
Recycling
AI Unlocks New Value in the Waste Stream
At the 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit, speakers showed how AI is helping both MRFs and brands get smarter about packaging material recovery, turning data into better design, stronger claims, and less waste.
September 1, 2025
Kristin Taylor, director, catalytic capital, for Closed Loop Partners, and Gaspard Duthilleul, COO of Greyparrot
Recycling
MRFs, Markets, and the Business of Bales
At the Packaging Recycling Summit, a panel of MRF leaders broke down what really happens after the bin, why markets matter, and how brands can design packaging that actually makes it through the system.
August 29, 2025
(From l. to r.) Jim Marcinko of WM, Justin Davis of AMP, Joaquin Mariel of Balcones, and Jeff Snyder of Rumpke discussed the business of MRFs at the Packaging Recycling Summit.
Coding & Marking
Cerveza Charro Pioneers 2D Code Adoption on Its Labels
In a sector where authenticity and transparency are highly valued, this Mexican beer—ranked among the best lagers in the world—adopted of two-dimensional codes on its labels in a pioneering move for Mexico and the world.
August 28, 2025
The 2D code, as a new identifier, improves inventory management, sustainability, traceability, security, consumer engagement, and, of course, packaging.
Robotics
A3: Food, CPG Robotics Investments in Brief Lull After Pandemic Surge
Common industry knowledge says robotics are revolutionizing packaging operations. But if that’s the case, why would A3’s reporting show a first-half dip in robotic investment by the Food and Consumer Goods segment? Alex Shikany, A3 SVP says there’s a good reason—the market is simply adjusting after CPG robotic investment spiked during the pandemic.
August 28, 2025
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Recycling
Community Poll: Sustainable Packaging Types
Learn more about how your peers make the decision on where to focus sustainability efforts: primary or secondary packaging.
August 27, 2025
Recycling
Behavioral Science Meets the Blue Bin
At the Packaging Recycling Summit, behavioral science expert Shira Abel explained why better recycling starts with understanding human nature and designing systems that work with it, not against it.
August 27, 2025
Abel draws a clear line between saying “I recycle” and saying, “I’m a recycler.” One is an action. The other is part of how someone sees themselves. That identity shift is what makes behavior stick.
Bagging & Pouching
Vertical Bagger Helps French Fry Maker Scale Up
A business launched in Phoenix out of a food truck is now supplying restaurants galore with 5-lb bags of frozen French fries thanks to automated packaging equipment.
August 27, 2025
This 14-head combination scale drops 5-lb portions of Frozen French fries into a vertical form/fill/seal system below.
Sustainable Packaging
New Council Unveils Templates that Harmonize EPR Data Reporting
A new coalition of brands, retailers, and partners, called the Sustainable Packaging Data Council, is working to create standardized data templates for easier EPR reporting across relevant states, and eventually, across global markets.
August 26, 2025
An excerpt from the Sustainable Packaging Data Council’s Oregon EPR reporting template, showing product-level attributes such as product code, brand owner, and hazardous material status. Fields are marked as required or recommended to guide brand owners through compliance.
Recycling
Material Innovations Seek to Close the Loop
At the 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit, speakers share how they’re tackling the tricky balance between performance and recyclability in new packaging materials, including barrier coatings for paper, molded fiber bottles, and PCR stretch film.
August 22, 2025
Marissa Lundberg, VP of national accounts for Group O
Bio-based
Starbucks Korea, Innonature Packaging Solutions, and AkronTechnology Release Bio-based Packaging
ThePackHub
See a few examples of bio-based packaging from Starbucks Korea, Innonature Packaging Solutions, and AkronTechnology from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
August 22, 2025
The pilot includes a dedicated straw collection box to explore recycling options.
Containers & Closures
Water Brand is First to Commercialize PET Bottle Cap
The launch of new alkaline water brand Power Hydration in California marks the first commercial use of Origin Materials’ PET Cap, making both the bottle and cap recyclable.
August 21, 2025
Power Hydration has launched its alkaline water brand in California in a PET bottle featuring Origin’s PET cap, a closure designed for full recyclability along with the bottle.
Recycling
Community Poll: Confidence in Global Sustainability Efforts
Learn how confident your peers are in global sustainability efforts after the Global Plastics Treaty Talks ended with no consensus.
August 20, 2025
Recycling
Closing the Loop: Molecular Recycling's Role in Sustainable Packaging
At the Packaging Recycling Summit, the Consumer Brands Association made the case for molecular recycling as a necessary partner to mechanical systems—especially for hard-to-recycle plastics that stand in the way of a truly circular economy.
August 20, 2025
John Hewitt, SVP, packaging and sustainability and state affairs for the Consumer Brands Assn. (CBA)
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