Agenda

Monday, September 16, 2024

9:00 AM
- 7:00 PM
Registration
Location: Arbor Registration Desk
1:00 PM
- 1:15 PM
Welcome Address
Location: Arbor EFG
1:15 PM
- 2:15 PM
Understanding the Fundamentals: Insights from EPR Practices & Policies
Location: Arbor EFG
This panel discussion will cover EPR basics, real-world examples, and developments in key US states.
2:15 PM
- 2:30 PM
Danone's Packaging Portfolio Outlook for 2030
Location: Arbor EFG
Learn about Danone’s strategic vision for the evolution of packaging, and design considerations for recoverability/sortation.
2:30 PM
- 3:15 PM
Meetup @ PRS24 / Refreshment Break
Location: Arbor Foyer
Leverage this networking time to participate in one-on-one meetings and collaborate with peers, experts, and suppliers from all facets the packaging industry.
3:15 PM
- 3:45 PM
Breakout Sessions
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
Enhancing Thermoform Circularity: An Opportunity for Improvement
Location: Arbor EFG
This panel discussion will explore the specific supply challenges facing thermoform markets, and spotlight innovative solutions and collaborations that are being implemented to meet the growing demand for thermoform materials.
4:45 PM
- 5:00 PM
CPG Talk
Location: Arbor EFG
5:00 PM
- 6:30 PM
Networking Reception
Location: Serenity Garden

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

6:00 AM
- 7:00 AM
Morning Wellness Activity
7:00 AM
- 8:00 AM
Breakfast Roundtables
8:15 AM
- 8:30 AM
Executive Interview
Location: Arbor EFG
8:30 AM
- 9:15 AM
Keynote Address
Location: Arbor EFG
9:15 AM
- 10:00 AM
Integrating Recyclable Materials with Established Machinery: Implications and Strategies
This panel discussion will explore the machinery considerations that are essential when you transition to new packaging materials in your production line.
Location: Arbor EFG
10:15 AM
- 10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Learn to Design Plastics Packaging for Recyclability using the APR Design Guide
Learn how to use the APR Design Guide to design plastics packaging for recyclability in North America, and to measure each aspect of a package design against industry-accepted criteria.
Location: Arbor B
Harmonization of Recycling Data Standards
Connecting packaging and recycling data standards across the value chain and across materials has applications from labeling claims to EPR reporting and beyond. Learn how industry-aligned data standards, collaborations, and tools are bringing connectivity and clarity to stakeholders across the value chain.
Location: Arbor C
Reimagining Flexible Film Recycling for Consumers
The Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA) and their partner, Recycle Coach, will detail for audience members the process to educate and inform both consumers and retailers to ensure film is effectively collected, sorted, and reprocessed, to ensure recycling success.
Location: Arbor D
10:45 AM
- 11:30 AM
Meetup @ PRS24 / Refreshment Break
Leverage this networking time to participate in one-on-one meetings and collaborate with peers, experts, and suppliers from all facets the packaging industry.
Location: Arbor Foyer
11:30 AM
- 12:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
12:00 PM
- 1:30 PM
Networking Lunch / 1:1 Meetings
Location: Serenity Garden
1:30 PM
- 1:45 PM
Executive Interview
Location: Arbor EFG
1:45 PM
- 2:30 PM
Harnessing Advanced Recycling Technologies to Transform Packaging Waste into Opportunity
Join us for a panel discussion to learn about the range of advanced recycling technologies, how they can complement traditional recycling efforts, and how they can reduce waste going to landfills and help to meet the growing demand for recycled content in packaging by allowing for a wider range of plastics to be recaptured and remanufactured.
Location: Arbor EFG
2:45 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meetup @ PRS24 / Refreshment Break
Leverage this networking time to participate in one-on-one meetings and collaborate with peers, experts, and suppliers from all facets the packaging industry.
Location: Arbor Foyer
3:30 PM
- 4:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
4:15 PM
- 4:30 PM
McCormick's Recipe for Circular Packaging Innovation
Learn how McCormick is addressing climate change and the need for circularity, in part through its packaging strategy and how it is incorporating PCR into package design.
Location: Arbor EFG
4:30 PM
- 5:00 PM
Evaluating Trends in U.S. Packaging Design: Presentation of Exclusive Research
Join us as new PMMI Business Intelligence data is unveiled for the first time: Evaluating Trends in U.S. Packaging Design and Implications for the Future of a Circular Packaging System.
Location: Arbor EFG
5:00 PM
- 6:30 PM
Networking Reception
Location: Serenity Garden

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

6:00 AM
- 7:00 AM
Morning Wellness Activity
7:00 AM
- 8:00 AM
Networking Breakfast
Location: Serenity Garden
8:00 AM
- 8:45 AM
Increasing PCR Supply via New Sortation Technology
Location: Arbor EFG
This panel discussion is dedicated to examining real-world examples of the latest advancements and innovative strategies that can significantly increase collection capabilities of materials needed for PCR production.
8:45 AM
- 9:00 AM
CPG Talk
Location: Arbor EFG
9:15 AM
- 9:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Incorporating Postconsumer Recycled Content with the PCR Toolkit
Location: Arbor B
Transforming Perceptions: Pizza Box and Paper Cup Recyclability
Location: Arbor C
Learn how the Paper and Packaging Board is changing the narrative on pizza box recycling and diving into another product - paper cup recycling - to set the record straight on the recyclability of these items.
9:45 AM
- 10:30 AM
Meetup @ PRS24 / Refreshment Break
Location: Arbor Foyer
Leverage this networking time to participate in one-on-one meetings and collaborate with peers, experts, and suppliers from all facets the packaging industry.
10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
Glass Recycling: A State of the Market
Location: Arbor EFG
This panel discussion will explore the current landscape of glass recycling and its future potential, including collaborative efforts that are shaping the industry.
11:15 AM
- 12:00 PM
Packaging Producer Responsibility: Coming Soon to a State Near You?
Location: Arbor EFG
Join AMERIPEN Executive Director Dan Felton for timely updates and a lively discussion about the emergence and implementation of new full program and groundwork packaging EPR laws across the country.
12:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
Optional Post Conference Workshop
Location: Arbor B
Please stay after the Packaging Recycling Summit for a post-conference workshop lead by AMERIPEN and ReMA, to explore how packaging professionals and the recycling community can work together to close the gap between them in the interest of designing packaging for positive environmental impact.


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