When discussing the reduce portion of the “reduce, reuse and recycle” mantra, school programs will challenge their students to find ways to reduce how much water they use or the electricity usage at home. For beverage-makers, the conversations surrounding single-use plastic has them looking at new ways to reduce the amount they use of it when it comes to their secondary packaging.
“Sustainability tends to drive toward fiber-based packaging solutions and away from plastic rings and shrink film, even the options utilizing recycled content,” says Steve Gould, business development director for Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging International (GPI). “The market is split between those focused on the individual secondary pack and those taking a more holistic approach looking at the issue from a total pallet perspective.”