2025 Trends Report
In this second-annual Trends
Report, we focus on important shifts in policy and innovations that impact everything from material health and selection, reuse implementation, and curbside collection of materials.
Explore SPC’s Resources
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is a membership-based collaborative that believes in the power of industry to make packaging more sustainable. Our mission is to bring sustainable packaging stakeholders together to catalyze actionable improvements to packaging systems and lend an authoritative voice on issues related to packaging sustainability. We have curated a diverse collection of resources to help you navigate the realm of sustainable packaging.
Here you can search or filter by topics and resource type to find a wealth of knowledge and practical tools to support your sustainability journey.
Evaluating Alt & Non-Wood Fiber Use in Packaging
Assesses myths and trade-offs around packaging from alternative fibers.
2024 Packaging Innovation Trends Report
This trends report calls attention to innovations we’re seeing from both our Member companies and the international packaging community.
The Reuse Innovations Directory
This Reuse Innovations Database showcases returnable and refillable packaging solutions from around the world.
Knowledge Library
Free SPC Member access to the Knowledge Library. To access courses for free, please follow the link to sign in to your member dashboard.
Greenwashing
The SPC recommends a definition of greenwashing to enable more fruitful conversations about environmental marketing, on-pack eco-labeling, and consumer education.
Setting Sustainability Goals
This topic will explore the most important considerations around what makes a good goal, the different kinds of corporate sustainability goals related to packaging that companies are setting, and examine the process for crafting meaningful goals that can help drive change internally and with supply chain partners.
Packaging and Sustainability
This topic examines big questions related to sustainability such as systems thinking and circular economy. It also examines how to optimize packaging to be more sustainable, how to design for packaging recovery, and sourcing considerations for sustainable packaging.