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Live at interpack: From Compostables to Monomaterials to PCR Content, A Look at Plastic Films

The plastic film and flexible packaging space is perhaps the most diverse, with categories ranging from compostables (both backyard and industrial) to chemically recycled PCR, or from Recyclable Mono-Material Laminations to recovered ocean-bound plastics.

Matt Reynolds
May 11, 2023


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