Innovation
Pact Retail Accessories Wins 2023 US Plastics Pact Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award
7 June 2023
Pact Retail Accessories is delighted to be the recipient of the US Plastic Pact’s Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award. This accolade recognises Pact Retail Accessories’ outstanding contributions in advancing sustainable retail solutions.
The U.S. Plastics Pact Sustainable Packaging Innovation Awards were created to support the fulfillment of two pivotal targets outlined in the US Pact Roadmap: achieving 100% reusability, recyclability, or composability of plastic packaging by 2025, and ensuring that 50% of plastic packaging is recycled or composted by 2025.
With more than three decades of experience, Pact Retail Accessories has consistently met and exceeded the evolving expectations of global apparel sourcing needs while focusing on waste reduction. Pact Retail Accessories offers innovative reuse platforms for hangers, security tags, and polypropylene boxes, empowering their partners to achieve exceptional reuse rates of over 90% in numerous cases.
“Celebrating our role as an active participant in the transformative efforts led by the U.S. Plastics Pact, we are deeply honored to receive the prestigious Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award, which exemplifies our unwavering commitment to reducing plastic waste and fostering a thriving circular economy,” said Camillo Colombo, Executive General Manager of Pact Retail Accessories.
Pact Retail Accessories’ innovative Closed Loop Reuse programs involve the collection of used plastic assets from retailers by leveraging existing reverse logistics infrastructure. Once consolidated, these assets undergo meticulous cleaning, testing, repackaging, and distribution through strategically located facilities worldwide, ensuring swift delivery of these invaluable resources.
As a global leader in circular and sustainable retail solutions, Pact Retail Accessories brings unparalleled expertise in supply chain management, logistics, metrics, and market knowledge to the forefront of the durability and reuse equation. Operating facilities across the United States, Asia, South America, and Australia, Pact Retail Accessories employs over 800 dedicated professionals who cater to the supply needs to thousands of retail locations each day.