Solid Waste Association of North America: Paving the path to higher recyclability - New task force aims to improve strategic packaging recyclability

Lestition Burke continued, “SWANA members are managing community recycling programs, handling recycling messaging, and running MRFs, so they have valuable insights on the challenges and opportunities for recycling various packaging formats. I often hear from our members that brands need to consider the details of MRF operations and designs. From my own past professional experience working with brands, I know that many brands are committed to creating packaging that can be designed at scale, and that they need all the information in order to do that. There is clearly a need for increased collaboration when considering packaging recyclability, and this Task Force is an important platform to achieve that.” 

Together, the associations launching the Task Force plan to bring a wide range of perspectives to the table with the goal of accelerating progress toward a more circular packaging system. 

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