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come central to business strategy, the recycling that while short-term growth remains modest,
sector is expected to advance through steady the sector’s long-term outlook is underpinned
investment, data-driven operations, and deeper by innovation, capital confidence, and the global
collaboration across value chains. shift toward circular economy practices.
The Recycling Industry Report 2026 concludes Source - https://www.recyclingtoday.com
5 CIRCULARITY SOLUTIONS FOR FLEXIBLE
PLASTIC PACKAGING
PlasticsToday reported on Jan. 28, 2026, that
The Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA), an
organization dedicated to advancing the circular
economy for plastic films in the US and funded
by the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS),
released its first-ever Impact Report.
This week the Alliance to End Plastic Waste re-
leased its own report, "The Challenges and Solu-
tions for Flexible Plastic Packaging Waste" that
eport identifies collection, end-market presents actionable insights to solve the flex-
demand, design-for-recyclability, and ible plastic waste challenge in Europe and North
Rcapital investment as essential to improv- America.
ing flexible plastics recycling across Europe and
North America. This report identifies five critical circularity ena-
blers for flexible plastic:
Recycling of flexible packaging has moved from
an industry challenge to an industry imperative. 1. Improving collection and sorting to obtain
In recent weeks, two major industry groups have homogenous high-quality recycling feed-
released new reports aimed at accelerating pro- stock, achievable through segregated waste
gress on flexible plastic waste in North America collection and granular secondary sorting
and Europe. that deploys advanced detection technolo-
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