Amcor announced the North American launch of curbside-recyclable AmFiber™ Performance Paper packaging, part of the company’s AmFiber portfolio. Prequalified by How2Recycle®, performance paper meets the repulpability standards for curbside recycling, allowing brands to provide consumers with more sustainable end-of-life outcomes for packaging. Paper-based packaging alternatives employ innovative technologies to deliver the right barrier, shelf-life, and machine performance to meet brand and product needs. Consumers often seek paper-based packaging to deliver a more sustainable end-of-life, due to widespread curbside paper collection and recycling. And on the shelf, paper-based solutions meet consumers’ preferences for a natural look and feel.

Tony Smurfit, President and CEO, commented: “I am pleased to report an excellent performance for the third quarter, the first for Smurfit Westrock. The Net Loss for the quarter of $150 million was primarily due to transaction related expenses and purchase accounting adjustments totalling approximately $500 million. With Adjusted EBITDA1 of $1,265 million and an Adjusted EBITDA Margin1 of 16.5%, these results are a strong foundation to build upon. “Our established track record of delivering value to our customers through service, quality and innovation is already beginning to yield results. Equally, we believe our focus on plant level autonomy, operational improvement and profitability will deliver in time, benefits at least equal to the stated synergy target of $400 million. “Our third quarter performance, combined with our deeper knowledge of the Combination and continuing asset optimization, clearly points to the opportunities ahead for Smurfit Westrock. We are at the start of our journey to build the ‘go-to’ sustainable packaging partner of choice, a global leader with an unrivalled scale, geographic reach and product portfolio. Having spent the last number of months visiting our plants, it is also clear that our people are excited and motivated to be a part of this journey.

A national framework for recyclable, compostable, and reusable packaging claims will be shaped not only in Congress, but also by the companies and employees that can show lawmakers what fragmented rules mean in practice. When a member of Congress walks through a packaging facility, the PACK Act stops being an acronym on a hearing agenda. It becomes a production line, a print specification, finished inventory, and a team responsible for getting accurate packaging to market. That is the perspective Congress needs now. The bill would establish federal rules for recyclable, compostable, and reusable claims on consumer packaging. It would not require companies to make those claims. Voluntary claims would need to meet consistent federal requirements, including accredited third-party certification, which helps to reduce greenwashing. States and local governments would be preempted from enforcing different requirements.