SEE to revise sustainability target, citing deficient recycling infrastructure and material availability

The revamped Sealed Air company noted a “longer than anticipated” timeline for market demand and material supply, as it pursues a 2025 goal for recyclable or reusable packaging that incorporates recycled or renewable content.

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The revamped Sealed Air company noted a drawn-out timeline for market demand and material supply, as it pursues recyclable or reusable packaging with recycled or renewable materials.

SEE, the company formerly known as Sealed Air, is preparing to revise its 2025 sustainability and materials pledge, it reported in its 2022 Impact Report released last week. It says the rethink comes in light of insufficient recycling infrastructure for flexible plastics and challenges around food-grade recyclate.

SEE’s commitment was to “design or advance 100% of its packaging solutions to be recyclable or reusable, eliminate waste by incorporating an average of 50% recycled or renewable content into our solutions, and collaborate on recycling technology and infrastructure.” The pledge was first announced in late 2018. Now, the company is “assessing our current pledge status in preparation for revising our stated objectives.” A company spokesperson declined to specify whether the focus of that review was the target year or the goal itself.

This news brief is based on reporting published by Packaging Dive on 2023-10-13. The original report is linked below.