Collaborating and innovating to achieve sustainable packaging design
As part of our Innovation Series, Sustainability in Design took place ahead of our Plastics World Expo North America on November 11, 2025 at the Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. This specialized one-day event provided high-level presentations and networking opportunities across the global supply chain.
Achieving sustainability in design is no longer a luxury. Increasing consumer interest in sustainable packaging as well as new sustainability requirements from several US states highlight its importance. For design sustainability to be truly effective, a successful collaboration between designers and materials experts is essential.
This event serves as the perfect venue for all parts of the supply chain to meet and explore the interplay between materials and design. Without a connection between these crucial stages of creation and recycling options at the end of life, sustainability cannot be achieved.
By bringing together industry experts, this theater aimed to foster discussions and collaborations that will pave the way for innovative solutions, ensuring that sustainability in design becomes a standard practice across all industries.
- Developments in legislation and compliance – with targets emerging in several states how far might this extend?
- Balancing signature brand look, feel and colour with sustainable solutions in packaging design
- Understanding what consumers want most - consumer insight into what matters more; appearance or sustainability?
- Discovering what resins and materials are available today - and what developments are in progress for the future
- Reviewing alternative materials since plastics is just one part of the design structure how do paper/ wax coated materials fit in?
- Utilising technology effectively for sustainable packaging design, especially emerging AI tools
- Collaborating with the supply chain to exchange design, materials and recycling expertise towards the most sustainable solutions
Our essential themes for 2025
Why attend?
- Discover which materials and resins are available to support sustainable packaging design
- Collaborate for success – this event will bring designers and material experts to explore together what is possible for sustainable packaging both now and in the future
- Network across the supply chain – the event will be an opportunity to meet with packaging design teams from leading brands, along with material and resin suppliers
- Understand developments in legislation and compliance towards sustainable packaging design
- Achieve signature brand design and colour using sustainable design and materials
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