Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)

We're just 5 days away from the Inclusion & Representation in Packaging Collaborative's first meeting! Will you join us in this important work to advance scalable, equitable sustainable packaging solutions? 🔗 SPC members can register for our inaugural meeting on July 17 here: https://lnkd.in/e8KwWZaj

What happens when our waste outlives us? In his conversation with Olga Kachook at SPC Impact this year, author Oliver Franklin-Wallis surveyed the wide world of waste to see how we can address the global waste crisis. In this SPC article, we’re looking at three lessons from Franklin-Wallis’ book that packaging, design, and recovery experts can use to address the global waste crisis. 1️⃣ Standardization, or cutting back on types and layering of materials in packaging 2️⃣ Transparency, being clear about our materials used, our goals, and our shortcomings 3️⃣ Reduced consumption—designing better products, built to last Check out the article to learn more about Franklin-Wallis' ideas for transforming our relationship with consumption, recycling, and waste. #SustainablePackaging #Waste #Environment #Sustainability

The Packaging Recycling Summit, presented by Packaging World, engages brands, materials suppliers, reprocessors, and materials recovery facilities (MRFs) to shed light on all links of the #circular #supply #chain. Don't miss this event on September 16-18, 2024! https://ow.ly/L2EH50Sxrbc

Want to help build a more inclusive, representative packaging industry? Join us for our Inclusion & Representation in Packaging Collaborative's first meeting on July 17! Together within the Inclusion & Representation in Packaging Collaborative, we'll work to build a big tent for sustainable packaging, design scalable solutions, and empower people with diverse perspectives to guide our problem-solving. 🔗 SPC members can get involved by registering and learning more about the Collaborative here: https://lnkd.in/e8KwWZaj #Sustainability #Equity #Environment #Packaging #SustainablePackaging

Packaging begins with #design, and design is most sustainably executed when the package's life cycle is considered 🔄 Our Mechanical Recycling course gives #packaging designers a bird’s-eye view of this process, providing insight into the #recycling system and its different components so that they can better navigate the complexities of designing for and from recycling. Check out our full Knowledge Library below! https://lnkd.in/gcGD3NpS

Chemical Recycling, Advanced Recycling, Molecular Recycling, Non-Mechanical Recycling, Feedstock Recycling...all synonyms for the spectrum of physical and chemical processes to transform plastic or polymer waste into new products. You're not alone if you have questions about this topic - even if it's "why does Chemical Recycling have so many names?" We created our Chemical Recycling Q&A to address your most pressing questions. The Q&A is carefully designed to help our members and other stakeholders understand the spectrum of Chemical Recycling, as well as SPC’s approach to it. Interested in getting more involved? SPC welcomes members to join our Chemical Recycling Collaborative, which is currently working on a Regional #Healthcare Plastics Recycling Program in partnership with the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Its objective? To demonstrate a cross #value-chain program to #divert #hospital #single-use #plastics from landfill or incineration to chemical recycling. https://ow.ly/3w8e50Sbivr

What's the latest in the world of packaging policy? In our latest Policy Roundup, SPC's Lucy Pierce is breaking down the biggest packaging policy news from June. In this Roundup, we're covering: 🔵 A potential change to California's EPR legislation 🔵 Updates to Oregon's EPR Rulemaking Comment Period 🔵 New York's EPR Bill 🔵 A Key Deadline for Producers in California, Colorado, and Oregon Read the Roundup for more on these packaging policies and regulations! #SustainablePackaging #Packaging #Policy #Sustainability

"People who have had to fight for basic freedoms and rights to survive — that’s a problem-solving skill set, right? Those are people we should want in the packaging space, and specifically in the climate change, sustainability space. Because we have problems to solve.” This week, SPC's Paul Nowak and Sheila Anzures sat down with Packaging Dive's Maria Rachal to discuss our new Inclusion & Representation in Packaging Collaborative. Our goal? Advancing inclusion, representation, and true progress in sustainable packaging. 🔗 Check out the Packaging Dive Article https://lnkd.in/euQdMtEi 📅 For SPC members, sign up for the Collaborative's first meeting on July 17 https://lnkd.in/e8KwWZaj #SustainablePackaging #Inclusion #Representation #Sustainability

Setting #sustainability #goals is often easier said than done. Throughout the process, questions like these often pop up - 🔵 What's the difference between a statement of support and a goal? 🔵 How do I structure sustainability goals for different stages of the product-package life cycle (ex. sourcing goals vs. recovery goals)? 🔵 SMART vs. FAST vs. science-based targets - what does each mean for goal frameworks? Our 'Setting Sustainability Goals' course helps frame out your sustainability trajectory by walking through these queries and more. SPC Members can access the Knowledge Library via their member portal. Not a member? Find the course at the link below! https://lnkd.in/gcGD3NpS

The SPC team is excited to announce our newest Collaborative: Inclusion & Representation in Packaging. Advancing true progress in sustainable packaging will require a big tent, scalable solutions, and a diversity of perspectives to guide our problem-solving. With this Collaborative, we'll work to advance sustainable packaging solutions that are both scalable and equitable within a diversity of communities. In this issue of Unpacked, you can learn more about our vision for the Inclusion & Representation in Packaging Collaborative, and you can also look out for: 🏛️ Updates from SPC's four pillars—Innovation, Packaging Design, Policy and Recovery ⏩ More on the full SPC Advance Program, where we'll explore the need to move #FurtherAndFaster to reduce packaging's carbon emissions 📙 Our latest EPR resource breaking down acronyms and their meanings ⚖️ Our June Policy Roundup, where we're covering everything from comment periods in Oregon to California's potential EPR changes... And more! #Sustainability #SustainablePackaging #SPCAdvance #Inclusion #Representation #Environment