2023 Thermoform Circularity Report

The second edition of Plastic Ingenuity’s Thermoform Circularity Report is the result of a year-long discovery into the motivations, goals, and challenges contributing to the transition of a circularity economy for thermoforms. In this report, we share insights from stakeholders with diverse sustainability and packaging expertise were interviewed from consumer-packaged goods (CPGs), retailers, and healthcare organizations.

You will also discover:

• Legislation perspectives and drivers of change
• Circular solutions for thermoforms
• Sustainable packaging consumer insights
• Glossary of terms for sustainability conversations
• Sustainability case-studies
• Healthcare plastics recycling
• Industry collaborations
• Plastics myth busting
• Sustainable packaging stakeholder study
• PET & PP recycling landscapes

With your download, a $5 donation* to Project Drawdown will be made on your behalf. Project Drawdown’s mission is for the world reach “drawdown”—the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change—as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. We appreciate your contribution.

*For every unique download of the 2023 Plastic Ingenuity Thermoform Circularity Report that occurs between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, Plastic Ingenuity will donate $5 to Project Drawdown. A minimum donation of $2,500 will be given regardless of the quantity of unique downloads, with a maximum donation of $10,000. The donation will be made in January of 2024.