Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum USA

27th - 28th October 2026

Chicago, USA

Visit to TerraCycle’s sorting facility and operations center

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Join us for an exclusive on-site visit to TerraCycle’s new North American Operations Center in Aurora. We’ll tour the site, seeing how they sort through the waste they receive through their free recycling programs, Zero Waste Boxes, and Commercial recycling business.

Attendees will be divided into smaller groups, each cycling through three distinct stages of the visit. The experience begins with an introductory video on TerraCycle’s recycling processes, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how materials are handled from collection to recovery. Groups will then move on to a guided tour of the facility itself, exploring firsthand how end-of-life products are sorted and processed across various waste streams. To round off the visit, attendees will have the opportunity to connect over refreshments, a chance to share reflections and build connections ahead of the event.

Please note that only registered conference attendees can take part in this visit. Please register your interest via the form in the booking confirmation, or contact Lia Da Giau.

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Day 0

Monday 26th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Day 1

Tuesday 27th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
8:45am - 8:50am
Welcome words 
Institute of Packaging Professionals
9:10am - 9:50am
EPR compliance infrastructure: What do the rules require and what can the market deliver? 
RecycleMe | The Recycling Partnership | ALDI USA | Unilever
Plenary
9:50am - 10:30am
Plenary
10:30am - 11:00am
11:00am - 11:10am
11:10am - 11:50am
Closing the loop: How to develop viable end markets for secondary materials 
Tetra Pak | Can Manufacturers Institute | Crown Holdings | NAPCOR
Plenary
11:50am - 12:20pm
Plenary
12:20pm - 1:20pm
3:00pm - 3:30pm
3:30pm - 4:15pm
4:15pm - 5:00pm
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Day 2

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
8:45am - 8:55am
8:55am - 9:30am
Circular economy as industrial strategy: How to build stronger value chains and local economies 
Delterra | Martin Brower | Washington State Department of Commerce
Plenary
9:50am - 10:00am
10:00am - 10:30am
10:30am - 11:10am
Reuse at scale: What works, what doesn’t, and pathways forward 
Mastercard | Tomra | Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Plenary
11:10am - 11:50am
Case study
11:50am - 12:30pm
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
1:30pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:20pm
Plenary