Ring’s BarrierGuard® OxygenSmart™ is designed to protect both product freshness and the environment. Winners were chosen based on the improved environmental impact of the product, the likelihood of commercial viability, and the level of potential impact in moving the industry toward circularity.
“We’re proud to share that 100% of Ring’s product portfolio is recyclable,” said Tim Ferrel, Vice President of Business Development at Ring. “This award reinforces our commitment to creating cost-effective sustainable packaging solutions that are good for business and good for the environment.”
The Sustainable Packaging Innovation Awards was created to showcase innovations that help to keep plastic packaging in the economy and out of the environment and enable progress toward the U.S. Plastics Pact’s four targets, all culminating in 2025.
Prerequisites for entering the awards’ Recyclability category included meeting design for recyclability in U.S. systems, and BarrierGuard® OxygenSmart™ has been designated by How2Recycle® as Widely Recyclable with broad acceptance in curbside programs. It has been formally recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), a first for materials of this type. Innovations should also contain no problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging and support the transition from non-recyclable to recyclable.
