2026 Sustainable Packaging Trends Report
Insights into the compliance, innovation, and harmonization driving today’s sustainable packaging strategy.
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SPC Research into Home Composting Behaviors
The latest findings on consumer perceptions of home composting and home compostable packaging.
SPC’s Guide to PCR Laws in the U.S.
This tool serves as a database of post-consumer recycled content laws passed in the United States and provides high level information about the details of the law.
Post-Consumer Recycled Content (PCR) in EPR
Explore EPR laws containing post-consumer recycled content (PCR) targets, eco-modulation, and source reduction.
SPC Data on US Municipal Composting Programs
An update and expansion by SPC of its dataset of residential access to composting programs.
2025 Trends Report
An analysis of important shifts in policy and innovation trends that impact material health and selection, reuse implementation, and curbside collection of materials.
Composting and Compostable Packaging in State EPR Laws
Provide an overview of policy, industrial composting and compostables in the EPR programs across the five states that had passed packaging EPR.
Guide to EPR Proposals
Identify the differences between the various proposals while also developing a deeper understanding of the components of EPR policy.
Understanding the Role of Compostable Packaging
The guide helps brands prevent problems down the road by evaluating which applications are the best fit for compostable packaging.
Legislative Landscape for Chemical Recycling
Covering PCR Recycled Content, Chemical Recycling Legislation, EPR, Recovery and Policy.
“Biodegradable” Packaging
The SPC recommends that packaging companies do not use the term biodegradable to market their products to suppliers, retailers, or consumers.
Greenwashing
The SPC recommends a definition of greenwashing to enable more fruitful conversations about environmental marketing, on-pack eco-labeling, and consumer education.
Packaging Policy
In the context of GreenBlue, packaging policy is a term referring to political efforts from governments, corporations, or other organizations working in the sustainable packaging field on a global scale.
A Primer on Recycled Plastic Packaging
PCR Primer for Retail Teams focused in Policy, Purchasing, Sourcing, Design, and Product Development surrounding plastic packaging.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Producer Exemptions
This EPR policy resource clarifies who is responsible for the covered product who is responsible for contributing to the financial, operational, or combined program.
EPR for Packaging in the US: Covered Products and Exemptions
Policy resource on what’s covered and what’s exempt in the United States under Extender Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging.