# Amcor

> 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.

- Industry: Packaging, Paper & Glass
- Collection: Active
- Materials: Paper and fiber, Plastics
- Processes: Recycling, Sorting
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/amcor

## Material inputs to resolve

Flexible, rigid and specialty packaging

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.

**218,000 t** PCR plastic used in FY25

**Open** Plant, grade and buyer evidence

**Screening** No commercial claim

**As of** September 18, 2026

- Post-consumer recycled resin
- Paper-based and recycle-ready flexible structures

### Outputs and residuals to resolve

- Customer packaging meeting barrier and regulatory needs
- End-of-life pathways dependent on local collection and sorting

**First decision:** Food-contact status, melt flow, color, barrier, seal and customer acceptance.

## What is disclosed

Amcor reports reaching 10% PCR plastic use in FY25, equal to 218,000 metric tons, and describes recycle-ready flexible formats.

#### What remains unproven

Public reporting does not identify a customer specification, resin grade, food-contact approval, converter line or contracted PCR supply.

### Decision boundary

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 flow map

| 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.

## Three defensible entry lanes

#### PCR packaging qualification

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.

#### Qualification path

Separate public progress from an approved material specification.

**Next evidence:** Named product, technical owner and test plan.

#### Commercial boundary

Do not infer buyer demand from a corporate target.

**Next evidence:** Customer approval, price and supply commitment.

## Evidence register

- **FY25 Sustainability Report** Amcor https://www.amcor.com/sustainability/sustainability-report [1]
- **FY25 report release** Amcor https://www.amcor.com/media/news/amcor-fy25-sustainability-report-showcases-progress-leadership-innovation [2]
- **Sustainability reports** Amcor https://www.amcor.com/sustainability/reports [3]

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.

## Material Transition editorial interpretation

The next useful working session starts with: Food-contact status, melt flow, color, barrier, seal and customer acceptance.

## Sources

- [1] FY25 Sustainability Report - https://www.amcor.com/sustainability/sustainability-report
- [2] FY25 report release - https://www.amcor.com/media/news/amcor-fy25-sustainability-report-showcases-progress-leadership-innovation
- [3] Sustainability reports - https://www.amcor.com/sustainability/reports

From the Material Transition company brief library: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/amcor