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Join the Alliance & Drive the Change

Why Join PCPA?

The Poly Coated Paper Alliance (PCPA) is a collaborative platform where industry leaders work together to recycle more poly coated paper.

Becoming a member means collaborating with peers, sharing insights, and shaping the standards, data, and messaging that move our industry forward and make poly coated paper packaging recyclable at scale.

Become a Member

Interested in learning more about membership opportunities?

Watch this informational session to learn what membership with the PCPA offers, how the Alliance is accelerating progress on poly coated paper recovery, and why organizations across the value chain are joining us. The webinar provides an overview of PCPA’s mission, member benefits, active workstreams, and upcoming priorities.

Ways to Get Involved

Every PCPA member contributes in a different way.
Explore how your organization can help advance the Alliance’s goals through membership.

As a brand or packaging producer, your design decisions influence recyclability across the entire value chain. Join PCPA to help shape design guidelines and ensure your packaging aligns with emerging EPR and circularity goals.
- Collaborate on design research
- Help define guidance such as minimum fiber thresholds or acceptable coating materials
- Encourage adoption of design standards by manufacturers of poly coated paper products
Collaborate with PCPA to test new recovery pathways, validate end-market compatibility, and gain visibility for your facility as an early adopter.
- Close data gaps by documenting how effectively poly coated paper packaging is being collected, sorted, and processed, and how it is reaching end markets.
- Partner with PCPA to fund pilots that expand material recovery.
Work with PCPA to define material specifications, share pulping and recovery data, and guide design standards that ensure a reliable feedstock.
- Contribute Data & Research
- Collaborate on Design Guidance
Support policies and partnerships that advance poly coated paper recovery. Collaborate on research, share policy insights, or cohost educational webinars with the Alliance.
- Partner on Research
- Request a Speaker
- Promote PCPA to your members