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Plastic Bans: A Threat or an Opportunity for Contract Packagers?

As the war on single-use plastics heats up, are you ready to help your contract packaging customers find new and innovative options?

Anne Marie Mohan, Editor, Contract Packaging
Anne Marie Mohan, Editor, Contract Packaging

In today’s anti-plastic climate, contract packagers are no more immune than their customers to the increasing number of bans on single-use packaging, especially when their businesses are built around handling products in plastic packaging.

One such business is Maverick Packaging, Inc., a contract packager of liquid products in Elkhart, IN. Among its services, it provides hotels with amenity products in bulk containers for refillable dispensers and in small, single-size bottles. In October, California passed a bill that will directly impact a portion of its business—a ban on travel-size bottles used in hotels. The first phase, affecting larger hotels, is set to take effect in 2023, with significant fines for those establishments not in compliance.

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