Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) will collaborate with American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Plastics division to work on issues like recycling and growth opportunities of rigid packaging.
Under the partnership, the ACC's Rigid Plastics Packaging Group (RPPG) will align its initiatives and programs with the resources and membership of SPI's Thermoformers Committee to increase their efficiencies and improve recycling of plastics.
Rigid Plastics Packaging Group will work to develop the rigid plastics packaging to make the products as a sustainable choice for brand owners and retailers and also work to increase access to collection and recycling.
RPPG chair and Printpack vice Jamie Clark said, "This partnership maximizes efficiencies and enhances rigid packagers' shared mission to increase plastics recycling."
RPPG past president and Berry Plastics former chief operating officer Brent Beeler said, "This evolution enhances our collaboration with ACC to better marshal and utilize our collective resources to serve our membership while adding new energy into rigid plastic packaging recycling."
SPI Thermoformers Committee chair and Placon Corporation chief executive officer Dan Mohs said the association will form a Rigid Plastics Division (RPD) that will include two subgroups.
"The RPPG will merge with the SPI Thermoformers Committee to form one subgroup focused on packaging while Transportation and Industrial Rigid Plastics will comprise the other subgroup," Mohs added.
Both the firms are also planning to conduct a Rigid Plastics Packaging Conference during this spring.