{"id":13468,"date":"2026-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13468"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:00:00","slug":"combating-rising-plastic-costs-with-pallet-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13468","title":{"rendered":"Combating Rising Plastic Costs with Pallet Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"69.446650959273\"><!---- This is for embedded images that can be opened in a popup  windows -----><br \/>\n<!---- Begin imageModalBackground --->\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/ext\/resources\/css\/Image-Modals.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\n<div id=\"imageModalBackground\" onclick=\"backgroundClick(event);\">\n<p>\u2715<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End imageModalBackground. -->\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/ext\/resources\/css\/PS-articles.css\"\/>\n<style><![CDATA[<![CDATA[<![CDATA[<![CDATA[\n\t.pod {\n\t\twidth: 97%; background-color: #1C4974; border-radius: 25px; padding: 20px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; margin: 0px auto;\n\t}\n\t\n\t.listenBtn {\n\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t}\n\t\/* unvisited link *\/\n\t\n\t.listenBtn a:link {\n\t\tcolor: #fff; padding: 7px 20px; background-color: #1C4974; border-radius: 25px; text-decoration: none; border: none; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease; -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease; -o-transition: all 0.5s ease; -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease; transition: all 0.5s ease; box-shadow: 10px 10px 10px grey;\n\t}\n\t\/* visited link *\/\n\t\n\t.listenBtn a:visited {\n\t\tcolor: #fff; background-color: #1C4974;\n\t}\n\t\/* mouse over link *\/\n\t\n\t.listenBtn a:hover {\n\t\tcolor: #f4f5f6; background-color: #404144; border: none; padding: 8px 22px; font-size: 23px; -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease; -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease; -o-transition: all 0.5s ease; -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease; transition: all 0.5s ease;\n\t}\n\t\/* selected link *\/\n\t\n\t.listenBtn a:active {\n\t\tcolor: #fff; background-color: #1C4974;\n\t}\n\n]]]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>]]]]><![CDATA[>]]><\/style>\n<p>The resin market is doing something that we haven&#8217;t seen since Hurricane Katrina. North American producers are exporting at record premiums to European buyers, draining domestic supply and sending costs to historic highs, with no clear end in sight. Operations teams are absorbing the shock, and the industry is looking for answers.<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic Packaging\u2019s MUST Stretch Film Management System provides one of those answers while also addressing issues of sustainability. To discuss this solution, we spoke to <strong>Ric Lee, Stretch Sales &amp; Marketing Director at Atlantic Packaging<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do is help customers to set and hold the correct standard for how they wrap every load,\u201d Lee said. \u201cBy doing that, what we find is that we reduce customers\u2019 usage by an average of about 45 percent while reducing their cost by between 20 and 25 percent, so it\u2019s a pretty dramatic cost savings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee notes: \u201cLast year, we reduced Coca-Cola\u2019s cost for stretch film by $4.2 million. We did that by reducing the pounds they use by 2.1 million pounds. \u2026 The whole idea is to manage and reduce the usage of stretch film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MUST feeds directly into Atlantic\u2019s closed-loop PCR film program, in partnership with Coca-Cola Consolidated. During our interview, Lee elaborated upon that partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reached out to them and said, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re going to buy this $4-million recycling equipment. Would you guys like to be a partner in that?\u2019 They were very open to it,\u201d Lee explains. \u201cSo we embarked on becoming a recycler. The only way we felt like we could fix the PCR or the recycled content problem would be to control the recycled content that would go back into the stretch film.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Listen to the full interview with Lee<\/h3>\n<p><!--- Podcast embed ---><\/p>\n<aside style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto;\" wp_automatic_readability=\"1.2564102564103\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/media\/podcasts\/3067\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Packaging Perspectives Podcast Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/ext\/resources\/Custom_Content\/2020\/PS-PackagingPerspectives-250.png\" style=\"display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<audio controls=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><source src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/ext\/resources\/podcasts\/ATLANTIC-PACKAGING-PODCAST-2026_mixdown.mp3?t=1779986078\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/source><\/audio>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/media\/podcasts\/3067\" rel=\"noopener noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Listen to more podcasts here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/articles\/106470-combating-rising-plastic-costs-with-pallet-solutions\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2715 The resin market is doing something that we haven&#8217;t seen since Hurricane Katrina. 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