Decide if your package becomes a recycling hero—or an EPR headache—captured live during SPC Impact 2025, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s flagship spring event (Apr 28 – May 1, Seattle) dedicated to “advancing sustainability in packaging to make a positive impact on climate change.”
In this Packaging Today Show episode, host Evelio Mattos teams up with Cory Connors, fresh off 2 days of SPC sessions on circular-economy strategy, material innovation and policy, to give you an on-the-ground tour of a Seattle MRF and the design takeaways you can apply tomorrow.
What we cover
► Why mono-material flexibles, rigid PET, and uncoated fiber fly through optical sorters—while multilayers and metallized films crash the party
► Fast fixes that slash Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees: adhesives, labels, inks, and glues that don’t contaminate the bale
► Design-for-disassembly hacks to hit upcoming state recyclability mandates
► Myth-busting the “everything with a triangle is recyclable” misconception—straight from the MRF operators
Guests
• Cory Connors — Sustainable Packaging with Cory Connors podcast
• Evelio Mattos — Packaging Unboxd podcast, IDPdirect
👇 Drop your toughest recycling design question in the comments—we’ll tackle it in the next episode.
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