What is disclosed
Amcor reports reaching 10% PCR plastic use in FY25, equal to 218,000 metric tons, and describes recycle-ready flexible formats.
Evidence-bound company brief · as of September 18, 2026
Flexible, rigid and specialty packaging
Amcor's material-transition work is packaging-specific: recycled resin, recycle-ready formats and paper-based structures must clear barrier, seal, food-contact and conversion requirements.
Amcor reports 218,000 metric tons of recycled plastic used in FY25 and 72% of packaging production by weight designed for recyclability. Its FY25 release also reports recycle-ready options for 96% of the flexible packaging portfolio. These are company progress measures, not proof of an open PCR allocation or a customer-qualified package.
Amcor reports reaching 10% PCR plastic use in FY25, equal to 218,000 metric tons, and describes recycle-ready flexible formats.
Public reporting does not identify a customer specification, resin grade, food-contact approval, converter line or contracted PCR supply.
Amcor's material-transition work is packaging-specific: recycled resin, recycle-ready formats and paper-based structures must clear barrier, seal, food-contact and conversion requirements. The public record supports one bounded next move: Food-contact status, melt flow, color, barrier, seal and customer acceptance. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.
| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-consumer recycled resin | Composition and specification | Customer packaging meeting barrier and regulatory needs | Site, volume and buyer evidence |
| Paper-based and recycle-ready flexible structures | Condition and logistics | End-of-life pathways dependent on local collection and sorting | Yield and destination evidence |
This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.
Choose one package format where resin quality and end-market claims can be tested together.
Next evidence: Food-contact status, melt flow, color, barrier, seal and customer acceptance.
Separate public progress from an approved material specification.
Next evidence: Named product, technical owner and test plan.
Do not infer buyer demand from a corporate target.
Next evidence: Customer approval, price and supply commitment.
Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.
Public briefArtifact ID: mt-amcor-20260917As of: 2026-09-18Public-facing metadata only
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