Recycling Masterclass
The full curriculum: self-paced online video course, or live sessions with our experts, online or in person.
- Self-paced video course
- Live sessions, online or on site
- Delivered by CIRCPACK experts
Recycling Academy. Train your teams on recycling and EPR
Self-paced online video classes, live masterclasses online or in person, and guided visits through an operational sorting facility, so your teams understand household packaging recycling, EPR and the current regulatory landscape.
Trusted by global brand owners
Coca-ColaDanoneL’OréalMarsNestléProcter & GambleUnilever
Training grounded in operational truth
The Recycling Masterclass supports you in navigating the recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility landscape: independent, material-agnostic training that helps teams understand today’s challenges and prepare for what’s coming.
The training is customisable: we adjust the focus to your company’s packaging portfolio and calibrate the depth to your team’s knowledge level. Sessions are individualised and delivered directly by our experts.
For corporate leadership there is a concise executive version, structured to brief board members on the compliance and strategic recycling factors that matter. We also deliver boardroom presentations, and have done so for some of the world’s largest companies.
Where to start
Online self-learning
Recorded sessions of our Masterclass, combined with a live one-on-one session.
- Learn at your own pace
- Recorded Masterclass sessions
- Includes a live one-on-one session
Tailored & executive
A Masterclass tailored to your audience: your packaging portfolio, your questions, your knowledge level. Including a concise executive version for boards.
- Tailored to your portfolio and questions
- Workshop format available
- Executive briefing for leadership
What your team will learn
The masterclass provides technical and regulatory training across the entire packaging lifecycle:
- Recyclability concepts: what determines whether packaging counts as recyclable.
- Regulatory and EPR frameworks: the legal background, regional differences across the world, and how EPR fees and eco-modulation are structured.
- Collection and operational infrastructure: standard collection and sorting systems, and the emerging sorting technologies.
- Material-specific insights: plastics, steel, aluminium, glass, fibre-based materials and food and beverage cartons.
- Design and advanced processing: critical design issues, the role of chemical recycling, and the Design for Recycling Guidelines in practice.
Academy formats.
Recycling Masterclass
Self-paced online video course or online/in-person live sessions with our experts.
Online courses
Recorded sessions of our Masterclass, combined with a live one-to-one session.
Tailored Masterclass
Do you have specific questions on packaging recyclability, EPR or packaging legislation? We tailor a presentation or workshop to your needs.
(Non-)executive Masterclass
A Masterclass tailored to your audience: household packaging design, recycling, EPR and packaging legislation, briefed at board level.
Ready to train your team?
Tell us who’s attending and what they work on. We’ll come back within three business days with a proposal.