Doing More With Less: Circularity in Packaging

Packaging plays an essential role in modern life, but the vast majority of packaging produced globally is not recycled. As consumers grow increasingly concerned about the world’s waste problem — and forward-looking governments, companies and investors set policies to cut their waste footprints down to size — it’s time to transfer packaging to a new way of management that decouples economic development from using finite resources and leaving behind hard-to-recycle waste. 

In this series sponsored by Siegwerk Druckfarben, a global manufacturer of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications, we’ll take a closer look at what it takes to build a circular economy for packaging. We’ll review existing solutions that move packaging away from a linear and toward a circular model, and we’ll explore how the industry can continue shifting mindsets and systems in pursuit of circularity. 

SIEGWERK DRUCKFARBEN SPECIAL SERIES

Content from this campaign

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Building a Circular Business From the Top Down and the Ground Up
Here’s a question for sustainability specialists: How do you transform a centuries-old multinational corporation into a circular business?

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

This Hidden Packaging Component Could Accelerate the Circular Economy
Single-use plastics have a bad rap when it comes to sustainability, and for good reason.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Circular Economy Has a Critical Role in Driving Climate Action
At the recent COP26 climate talks, countries and companies largely focused on tackling climate change by decarbonizing the energy sector.
TriplePundit logo

More from TriplePundit

  1. Building More Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains, Today and Into the Future
    More and more companies are looking to measure and mitigate the full scope of their greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with changing regulations...
  2. The ONE HOME, ONE PLANET U.S. Event Inspires Action for IKEA and Purpose-Driven Leaders
    IKEA brought leaders together to envision a better and more sustainable future at the ONE HOME, ONE PLANET U.S. event in March. The goal of the two...
  3. Force for Good: Giving Back to Communities Nationwide
    Stakeholders increasingly expect companies to be a positive force in the communities where their employees live and work — not just with philanthropic...
  4. Avocados: The Farm-to-Table Journey of America’s Favorite Fruit
    Americans love avocados, but most don’t know that more than 80 percent of the prized green fruits that arrive in the U.S. come from one place: Mexico...
  5. NYC: Leading Toward a Green Economy
    As a leader in sustainability, New York City is at the forefront of the green economy and tackling climate change, while working toward the city's...
  6. Decarbonizing the Maritime Industry
    In 2018, countries within the International Maritime Organization — the U.N. agency that regulates global shipping — pledged to reduce the carbon...
  7. Carbon and Beyond: The ESG and Sustainability Trends Shaping Business Today
    These days stakeholders are asking more and more about how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors impact business, and companies are...
  8. Lead on Purpose: How Values Drive Business in Uncertain Times
    2020 was a turning point for many Americans. Now more than ever, consumers look to businesses to have a positive impact on society. In fact, 60...
  9. Doing the Work: What Does It Mean To Be a Just Company?
    More than 75 percent of Americans feel it is "deeply important that companies respond to racial injustice” in order to earn or keep their trust, and...
  10. Equalizing Care: Busting Disparities in the Healthcare System
    Gaps in equal access to effective healthcare have long been the norm in the U.S., but many weren’t aware of how bad the problem really was until the...