# Berry Global

> Berry Global is now part of Amcor. The relevant public record is the operating recycling and film footprint Berry brought into that combination: post-commercial film and internal scrap can be sorted, extruded and filtered in Victoria, Texas before use in defined North American bag and liner applications. The decision is whether that documented route still fits a named feedstock, grade and product line under the combined company.

- Industry: Packaging, Paper & Glass
- Collection: Active
- Regions: North America
- Countries: United States
- Materials: Plastics
- Processes: Recycling, Sorting
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/berry-global

## Material inputs to resolve

Plastic packaging, engineered products, recycling and film manufacturing

Berry’s March 2025 recycling disclosure reported capacity to process approximately 290 million pounds, or 130,000 metric tonnes, of PCR and PIR plastic per year. It identifies Victoria, Texas as a route from post-commercial film and internal scrap through sorting, extrusion and filtration to trash bags and can liners. Amcor announced completion of its combination with Berry in April 2025. The public record does not establish current allocation, grade availability or a new buyer commitment under the combined company.

**130,000 t/yr** PCR and PIR processing capability

**>50,000 t/yr** Flexible-film reprocessing across four EU sites

**Victoria, TX** Named post-commercial-film recycling site

**Open** Post-combination allocation, grade and buyer evidence

- Post-consumer and post-industrial plastics
- Post-commercial stretch wrap and internal manufacturing scrap
- Contaminated flexible films requiring sorting, washing and filtration

### Outputs and residuals to resolve

- Recycled polymer and regranulate
- Flexible packaging, trash bags, can liners and industrial films
- Nonconforming material and processing residuals

**First decision:** Start with one film stream and one end product. Prove composition, contamination, chain of custody, filtration result, recycled-content allocation and line performance together.

## Recycling capability

Berry reports capacity to process about 130,000 metric tonnes per year of PCR and PIR.

#### Film loop

Its Circular Polymers Flexibles business reprocesses more than 50,000 tonnes annually from industrial, commercial, agricultural and domestic sources.

#### Named U.S. route

Berry identifies Victoria, Texas as a site that recycles post-commercial film and internal scrap for North American trash-bag and can-liner production.

#### Evidence boundary

Public sources establish the assets and examples. They do not disclose a new feedstock contract, product allocation, price or grade acceptance for a proposed lane.

### Decision boundary

The legacy Berry record contains a named U.S. film route, not a blanket circularity claim. The next decision is whether that route remains available within Amcor and can connect one actual stream to one repeatable grade and product application.

## Material flow map

| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|-|-|-|-|
| Post-commercial stretch wrap | Polymer identity, contamination and bale quality | Victoria sorting, extrusion and filtration | Acceptance spec, yield and allocation |
| Printed PE film | Ink, adhesive, multilayer construction | De-inking and regranulation | Input composition and end-use performance |
| PCR or PIR regranulate | Melt flow, odor, color and traceability | Film or bag manufacturing | TDS, COA, application and customer approval |

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

#### Use the Victoria loop as a screening model

The Berry disclosure records a real U.S. film-to-product route. It is a credible historical screening model, subject to post-combination confirmation from Amcor.

**Next evidence:** Bale specification, intake conditions, regrind yield and product-grade allocation.

#### Qualify film contamination before volume

Flexible-film recycling fails on contamination and construction long before it fails on ambition.

**Next evidence:** Sampling plan, polymer identification, inks, adhesives, moisture and sorting loss.

#### Protect the claim with chain of custody

Berry describes traceability and third-party accreditation practices for its recycled products. Certificate scope and current ownership still require confirmation from Amcor.

**Next evidence:** Claim method, certificate scope, mass balance and customer-facing documentation.

## Evidence register

- **Recycling Operations** Berry Global, updated March 17, 2025 https://www.berryglobal.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-strategy/key-issues/recycling-operations [1]
- **Product Quality and Safety** Berry Global https://www.berryglobal.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-strategy/key-issues/product-quality-and-safety [2]
- **Sustainability strategy** Berry Global https://www.berryglobal.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-strategy [3]
- **Amcor completes combination with Berry Global** Berry Global, April 30, 2025 https://www.berryglobal.com/en/news/financial [4]

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief distinguishes the former Berry operating record from what must now be confirmed with Amcor: current plant ownership, grade allocation, permits, buyer and mass balance.

## Material Transition editorial interpretation

Berry Global is now part of Amcor. The relevant public record is the operating recycling and film footprint Berry brought into that combination. The next useful working session starts with confirmation of current ownership, then one film stream, one end product, composition, contamination, chain of custody, filtration result, recycled-content allocation and line performance.

## Sources

- [1] Recycling Operations - https://www.berryglobal.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-strategy/key-issues/recycling-operations
- [2] Product Quality and Safety - https://www.berryglobal.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-strategy/key-issues/product-quality-and-safety
- [3] Sustainability strategy - https://www.berryglobal.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-strategy
- [4] Amcor completes combination with Berry Global - https://www.berryglobal.com/en/news/financial

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