Recycling

CAA Proposes 2027 California EPR Fees as CEO Fielkow Steps Down

It’s been a busy week for CAA. Its revised California EPR plan, built on post-June cost data and May producer reports, went to CalRecycle this week, and would count as approved even if conditions are attached. A day later, CAA said CEO Jeff Fielkow is moving on.

October 16, 2026

Sustainable Packaging: Page 2

Recycling

Suntory Pioneers 100% rPET Bottles from Inconsistent Feedstock

The brand owner's flake-to-preform process has run in Japan since 2018 on the nation's unusually clean supply of collected bottles. But in Thailand, where incoming quality is far more variable, Suntory reordered the process to make it work. Production starts in 2028 at roughly 400 million preforms a year.

October 14, 2026

Recycling

Both a Brand Owner & Adhesive Supplier, Henkel Designs for Recyclability

Henkel’s consumer brands business and its adhesives business work with each other's rivals every day. Yet that unusual arrangement inside one parent company is speeding up the redesign of recyclable packaging and packaging lines alike.

October 13, 2026

Sustainability

End of the Line Video Series: Sustainability Updates from SPC, Pepsi's Financial News, and More

Listen in to hear about sustainability, EPR, and news from SPC Advance. Plus, Pepsi's financial future, and gearing up for PACK EXPO.

October 12, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

Five Takeaways for Packaging Professionals from SPC Advance 2026

California’s SB 54 provided a strong backdrop for discussions on source reduction, recyclability, recycled content, and reuse. Discover what the event revealed about the decisions packaging teams are facing now.

October 7, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

End of the Line Video Series: How Packaging Plays into Public Health Preparedness, Cybersecurity, and Navigating Multiple SKUs in the Supply Chain

Tune in to hear about EPR regulation's sliding scale, cybersecurity risks you haven't considered, and insights into supply chain forecasting.

October 5, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

Live from SPC Advance 2026: Building a System for Reusable Wine Bottles

Revino’s Adam Rack explains how standardized bottles, return networks, and washing infrastructure is helping to move reusable wine packaging from pilot to scale.

October 1, 2026

Sustainability

Bayer Launches Mono-Material PP Blister in Germany for Its Talcid Antacid Treatment

The new blister replaces a multi-material structure with a single-material polypropylene design intended to facilitate recycling in markets where appropriate collection, sorting, and recycling systems are available.

October 1, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

Live from SPC Advance 2026: Making Refill Work in Personal Care

Frequent purchases and hard-to-recycle formats make personal care a natural candidate for refill, but convenience and performance remain critical to adoption.

September 30, 2026

Recycling

NAW Appeals Oregon EPR Ruling to Ninth Circuit, Eyes Colorado Law

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) is appealing the August ruling that upheld Oregon's packaging EPR law, and is making the same arguments it lost on at trial.

September 30, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

Live from SPC Advance 2026: What California’s SB 54 Means for CPGs

Circular Action Alliance Chief of Staff Shane Buckingham outlines how reporting, source reduction incentives, recyclability requirements, and eco-modulated fees are taking shape.

September 29, 2026

Bio-based

Lactips and SmartSolve Announce Global Strategic Partnership Pioneering Plastic-free Packaging Innovation Across Two Continents

SmartSolve

Lactips and SmartSolve Industries develop PureNil 0, a 100% bio-based, printable flexible packaging substrate that disperses in water without leaving microplastic residues.

September 29, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

Live from SPC Advance 2026: SB 54 Gives CPGs Multiple Paths to Source Reduction

With the first source-reduction target taking effect in 2027, producers are weighing near-term opportunities against longer-term changes in packaging and supply chains.

September 28, 2026