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The flexible packaging market is a vast and a mature sector in terms of various stake holders such as processors, packaging manufacturers, raw material suppliers, and end-user industries.

Demand for rigid bulk packaging is projected to increase 4% per year to $7.3 billion in 2018.

The report cites a 2013 United States recycling rate of 31.2% for polyethylene terephthalate plastic bottles, up slightly from 2012’s 30.8%.

Companies partner in the U.S. to help educate the public about the benefits of cartons and carton recycling.

Packaging materials deliver functional, aesthetic, and sustainability benefits to consumers. Food packaging provides protection, tampering resistance, maintains the sensory quality of food, and also increases the shelf-life of products.

Foam Recycling Coalition to establish grant program, assist material recovery facilities.

Major trends in the category of branded refrigerated meals and meats products are centered on making products more convenient, healthier, and more creative or original in their approach to flavors and ingredients.

To get more students recycling, PepsiCo announced it is now opening its popular K-12 school Recycle Rally program to schools across the U.S. The program is one of the ways PepsiCo is working to increase recycling to help drive the U.S. beverage container recycling rate to 50% by 2018.

This research provides a tool kit for understanding how tomorrow's market will differ from today's by analyzing 14 unique scenarios.

The future looks bright for the Chilean economy which in recent years has benefited from rising exports and foreign investments.