ICIS Explains Why the PCR Market is at a Crossroads: Packaging World

ICIS Explains Why the PCR Market is at a Crossroads: Packaging World

Author: Packaging World, ProFood World, Healthcare Packaging, Mundo EXPO Pack April 21, 2026 Duration: 8:44
What is really driving the gap between available recycled resin supply and actual market demand? Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan sits down with Andrea Bassetti, Americas Team Lead - Plastics Recycling at ICIS at the 2026 Plastics Recycling Conference. They discuss they complexities of recycled resin supply and demand, and how legislation like EPR could stabilize future demand for post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials.

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing is a podcast from Packaging World, ProFood World, Healthcare Packaging, Mundo EXPO Pack that explores innovations and information across the packaging and processing landscape. Each episode connects topics impacting consumer packaged goods and healthcare packaging with the latest technologies in food processing operations. Listen episodes for insights on current trends, practical strategies, and the developments shaping packaging and processing today. Whether you work in packaging, processing, or related careers, you can expect timely discussion of what is changing now and what it means for how products are packaged, produced, and brought to market.
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