Packaging Dive reported the development on 2025-07-02. Speakers at the Packaging Recycling Summit detailed how brands, packaging manufacturers, recyclers, academics and others across the supply chain are teaming up to improve how packaging is managed at end of life.
The report places the news in a wider commercial context. Recycling project collaborators didn’t just talk the talk at the 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit, they walked the walk and shared tangible results from new and ongoing initiatives to transform how packaging is managed.
For the food sector, the practical implications extend beyond the immediate announcement. These were some of the collaborative projects spotlighted at PRS in Irving, Texas, from June 25-27:. Speakers repeatedly referenced projects that harness artificial intelligence and data, such as a partnership between investment group Closed Loop Partners and waste analytics company Greyparrot.
Attention now turns to how companies, customers and regulators respond. Closed Loop works toward circular economy solutions with partners across academia, nonprofits and the corporate world “because we know that one organization cannot drive this important transition alone,” said Kristin Taylor, director of catalytic capital. The firm invested in Greyparrot in 2022 when it recognized the platform’s potential to recover more polyethylene and polypropylene,.
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