Agenda

Monday, September 16, 2024

10:00 AM
- 7:00 PM
Location: Arbor Registration Desk

1:00 PM
- 1:15 PM


2:15 PM
- 2:30 PM
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
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
Location: Arbor EFG
Examine the relationship between consumer behavior and sustainable packaging claims - including recyclability claims - across various retail categories, and learn key insights into how these claims impact purchasing decisions.


4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
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
Location: Arbor EFG
This discussion will showcase how The Coca-Cola Company collaborates with universities, sporting arenas and live entertainment venues to become closed loop systems and bring us into a future of more sustainable events.

5:00 PM
- 6:30 PM
Location: Serenity Garden


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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

6:00 AM
- 7:00 AM
Location: Yoga Studio, Mezzanine Level

7:00 AM
- 8:00 AM
Location: Orchard Ballroom

Eco-modulation: Will fees and penalties work?
Location: Orchard Ballroom

Designing Packaging for Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities
Location: Orchard Ballroom

Why Do Names Matter? Packaging Terminology from End To End
Location: Orchard Ballroom

The Importance of Collaboration Between Manufacturers, Recyclers, Policy Makers, and Consumers to Enhance Recycling Efforts
Location: Orchard Ballroom

Understanding the Impact of Packaging on Scope 3 Emissions Reduction
Location: Orchard Ballroom

8:00 AM
- 9:00 AM
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

9:00 AM
- 9:30 AM
Learn about advancements in monolayer tube design, and how technology is being used to improve collection and recycling systems for tubes.
Location: Arbor EFG

9:30 AM
- 10:00 AM
Learn how Amazon and Glacier are deploying first-of-a-kind AI models to evaluate the identification and recovery of novel biomaterials and flexibles in MRFs.
Location: Arbor EFG

10:00 AM
- 10:45 AM
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


10:45 AM
- 11:15 AM
Learn how Google has advanced circular packaging efforts through material analysis, testing, and consumer focused design, and hear about the inspiration behind the company's Plastic-Free Packaging Design Guide.
Location: Arbor EFG


11:45 AM
- 1:00 PM
Location: Serenity Garden


1:00 PM
- 1:30 PM
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 C

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 D

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 EFG


2:00 PM
- 2:45 PM
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
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
Learn about the challenges and opportunities in transitioning to paper packaging and get a better understanding of paper recycling data.
Location: Arbor EFG

4:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Learn about new innovations in sustainable films, including one that is created through a closed loop system by collecting, sorting and cleaning film waste, then transforming it into high-quality, clear plastic film.
Location: Arbor EFG


4:30 PM
- 4:45 PM
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

5:00 PM
- 6:30 PM
Location: Serenity Garden


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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

6:00 AM
- 7:00 AM
Location: Yoga Studio, Mezzanine Level

7:00 AM
- 8:00 AM
Location: Orchard Ballroom

8:00 AM
- 8:45 AM
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
- 9:15 AM
Location: Arbor EFG
Although brand owners are focused on the safety, freshness, and sustained quality of their products, they are also aware of the need for sound end of life processes for all of the materials that package their products. Join PMMI for a first look at new data, as we seek to find out how the materials landscape is evolving.

9:30 AM
- 10:00 AM
Location: Arbor EFG
Corporate commitments to use postconsumer recycled (PCR) content in their packaging create essential end-market demand to close the loop in a circular economy. The U.S. Plastics Pact created a publicly available PCR Procurement and Qualification Toolkit to help companies understand the complexities of sourcing and qualifying PCR.

Location: Arbor CD
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.

10:15 AM
- 11:00 AM
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.

11:00 AM
- 11:45 AM
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.

11:45 AM
- 12:00 PM

12:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
Location: Arbor CD
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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