Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan
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Packaging Responsibly: Navigating the Recycling Market
CURRENT STATE
There is a disconnect between the messaging to and from the craft beer industry, due to messaging from its supply chain, around whether or not one-way packaging is being recycled or actually contaminating other recycling streams.
GOAL STATE
To improve the sustainability of one-way packaging through an increase in the recycling rate of beer containers and a decrease in the contamination of recycling streams by craft beer containers.
DELIVERABLES
A breakdown of the recyclability of one-way packaging items including the probability of said items being recycled based on region, given current practices. In addition, the team should provide a best practices resource intended to guide Brewers Association members on making packaging selection decisions which will improve the likelihood that their one-way packaging will be recycled.
Resources ( 3)
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GreenBlue is an environmental nonprofit dedicated to the sustainable use of materials in society. We bring together a diversity of stakeholders to encourage innovation and... Read More
The SPC’s Centralized Study on Availability of RecyclingResults from a study of the national availability of recycling programs have been released today, an industry... Read More
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