The Short Answer: What is Mono-Material Packaging? Mono-material packaging is a flexible package built from a single polymer family, so it moves through the recycling process as one clean stream. It replaces traditional laminates that mix different materials (like polyesters plus aluminum foil), which usually get rejected from curbside recycling. Brands moving toward the circular economy have a problem. Most flexible packaging today is made from two or three layers of different plastics bonded...

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