How Pack Expo attendees see packaging materials changing

PMMI (the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies) puts on multiple Pack Expo events each year, like the most recent show in Las Vegas from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. This year, the event’s more than 30,000 registrants had the opportunity to respond to questions about their packaging materials. Specifically, they were asked to select up to three materials their company would replace in the next five years, if any.

According to all of the U.S. data currently available, the top responses for materials to be replaced in the next three to five years were polystyrene, foams (including PS) and polyvinyl chloride. As for the materials most likely to be adopted in that same time frame, recycled options topped the list. The most popular responses were rigid and flexible PCR, as well as recycled paperboard with a forestry certification.

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