Helping to scale recycling of flexible plastic packaging
Formed by leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, USFFI exists to help demonstrate that flexible packaging can be successfully sorted, processed, and returned to the supply chain—when the right economic supports are in place.
We provide direct operational funding to materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and plastic reclaimers to help advance a financially sustainable system for handling flexible packaging. At the same time, we work alongside peer initiatives so that efforts are aligned and duplication is reduced across the broader circularity landscape.
USFFI will help enable real-world operations that are recycling flexible plastic packaging at scale—aiming to provide a critical demonstration of what's possible when the economics are addressed.
Our Objective
USFFI’s mission is to create a replicable model for the curbside collection and recycling of flexible plastic packaging in the U.S.—beginning in California. Our primary goals are to:
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Strengthen
MRFs and reclaimers with financial support as they manage the economics to sort, process, and reclaim flexible plastic packaging.
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Support
the development of responsible, domestic end markets for consumer flexible plastic packaging.
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Complement
other investments in sorting and processing infrastructure, while avoiding duplication of efforts.
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Bridge
near-term operational success to longer-term policy solutions, like EPR, by showing the system can work today with the right funding and collaboration.
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Establish
the conditions for scalable, long-term circularity by addressing the missing links in today’s recovery value chain.
