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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

Sustainability

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.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Ranpak and Walmart Join Forces to Roll Out Automated Technology and Sustainable Packaging Collaboration
Ranpak
Walmart will deploy a significant number of RanpakAutoFill systems throughout its Next Generation Fulfillment Centers under a new multi-year agreement, a move that aims to increase fulfillment speed to customers and reduce packaging waste.
August 27, 2025
The DecisionTower™ uses machine vision and AI to detect package contents and identify the precise amount of void fill material needed to offer optimal product protection. It then communicates that information to the AutoFill™ machine, which dispenses the paper void fill, closes, and seals the box.
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.
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.
Case erect/seal
LK Packaging
August 25, 2025
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.
Recycling
Agilyx ASA Reports Styrenyx Analysis Shows CO2 Emission Reductions
Agilyx
The report on Agilyx's Styrenyx recycling technology found that using it to convert waste polystyrene into styrene can cut CO2 emissions by up to 86% compared to producing styrene from fossil fuels.
August 21, 2025
Agilyx
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.
Reusable/Returnable
Video Show & Tell: Inside Clean Cult’s Redesign for Refill and Reuse
In this video, Packaging World takes a closer look at Clean Cult’s redesigned refillable packaging, now rolling out at Target with updated graphics, durable aluminum bottles, and widely recyclable cartons.
August 21, 2025
Featured Photo
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
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