Waste recovery is one of the largest challenges we have to face on our path towards a circular economy, and packaging is one of the largest challenges facing waste recovery. Recovery is a challenge for all packaging materials – whether they’re fossil-based or bio-based. Recovery includes recycling, composting, and other waste management strategies. We need to radically rethink and rebuild our waste management infrastructure in the United States because our recycling system is broken and our industrial composting system is virtually nonexistent.