This article appeared in the September 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series exploring the concept of circularity. Part 1 was published in the August issue. "It's circular. It's like a carousel. You pay the quarter, you get on the horse, it goes up and down...

This article appeared in the August 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series exploring the concept of circularity. Part 2 is expected to be published in September’s issue. Circularity has become the predominant but still vague goal for reducing packaging’s impact on the environment, without any...