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USPP Drops EPS Transport Packaging from Problematic Materials List: Healthcare Packaging
Materials don't usually come off a problematic list. So how did EPS transport packaging become the first one to manage it?
This episode unpacks the US Plastics Pact's decision to remove EPS transport packaging from its Problematic and Unnecessary Materials List, the first delisting since the list was created. It covers which three categories the carve-out actually covers and which EPS formats are untouched, why commercial distribution centers rather than curbside bins drive the recycling rate, how densification turned a material that's mostly air into a shippable commodity, and why none of it…
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