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By The Numbers

74%

The percentage of consumers in a National Retail Federation survey who said they would be interested in buying products in re llable packaging; 66% believe retailers aren’t doing enough to provide affordable re llable or packaging-free options to customers

100M+

The number of U.S. smartphone users expected to scan quick response (QR) codes in 2025, rising from 88.9 million in 2022, according to Statista

11.20%

The expected CAGR of arti cial intelligence (AI) in the packaging industry from 2023 to 2033, reaching $6,015.6 million, according to Future Market Insights

$97,500

The amount granted to the city of Villa Park, Ill., by American Beverage’s Every Bottle Back initiative to improve recycling rates in the city; the investment is expected to yield 8.6 million pounds of new recyclables over the next decade

“With the growth of e-commerce and online food delivery services, the convenience of packaged food and beverages has become essential. Governments and organizations all around the globe are passing laws and doing other actions to reduce plastic waste, realizing the advantages of sugarcane packaging, which has the important feature of being biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable. In addition, a lot of businesses are entering the sugarcane packaging industry since it is more cost-effective, enhances company branding, and has a less carbon imprint.”

–A Future Market Insight analyst, as quoted in an article from Farmers Review Africa, “Biodegradable and Sustainable Packaging Alternatives to Drive the Sugarcane Packaging Market to US$889.0 Million by 2033”

“Trade policies must put the American worker and domestic manufacturing rst. Imposing duties on tin mill steel products will result in increased costs for domestic manufacturers and consumers, threatening thousands of jobs across the nation, increase grocery prices, and harm America’s farm families by importing food products from foreign countries. The ITC [International Trade Centre] and Department of Commerce must consider the severe impact these proposed duties would have on our nation’s food supply and manufacturing industry.”

–U.S. Rep. David Rouzer (R-N.C.), in a press release from the Consumer Brands Association, “Consumer Brands applauds congressional effort to protect domestic food and can manufacturing”

“I have noticed a disturbing number of social media posts of Instagram pro les, promoting the availability of psilocybin [the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms] chocolates/candies for sale. Similar to cannabis edibles, if psilocybin products look like candy and/or are labeled like candy, and have no protective packaging, it is inevitable that these products will get into the wrong hands.”

–Dr. Daniel Sudakin, a board-certi ed medical toxicologist working in Oregon, who was quoted in an article from The Guardian, “Cartoon packaging and an ‘inconsolable’ high: when magic mushroom chocolate gets into the wrong hands”

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