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Food & Beverage companies are facing challenges meeting their recycled packaging commitments. getty In “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock, back from school, is told the secret of the future in one word. “Plastics.” At the time the 1967 movie was made, plastic truly seemed like the shape of the future and the solution to so many problems. Today, many F&B companies think this widely used solution has turned into a problem. According to the World Economic Forum, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. Amid a tidal wave of plastic blanketing the world, many F&B companies are not only seeking ways to reduce the amount of new plastic used in packaging but reducing their goals as well. Walmart recently said it doesn’t expect it will reach its recycled content goals this year. “Increased demand has led to a global shortage of recycled materials,” according to Walmart’s latest ESG report, which said this shortage is making it difficult to source “quantities and at price points that support our packaging goals and everyday low prices.” The company said, “without a breakthrough in the cost and availability of recycled content,” it doesn’t anticipate reaching its goal of 100% recyclable, reusable, or industrially compostable private label product packaging by the end of this year. At the end of last year, they had reached a little more than 60% of that goal. Shortfalls and Shifting Timelines In May, Walmart, along with Nestlé, Mars, and Mondelēz, left the U.S. Plastics Pact, in which companies initially agreed to abide by recycled packaging pledges of 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging and 30% recycled by this year. Even that group has basically pushed back those goals to 2030. Google’s Sustainability Strategy Lead recently called these initial goals “ambitious,” adding that despite progress, there are…

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