• Scope of the Report
• Methodology
• Definitions
• Market Size and Growth
  • Figure 1-1 U.S. Domestic Shipments of Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • Figure 1-2 U.S. Shipments of Food & Beverage Packaging, 2005
  • Table 1-1 U.S. Market Supply for Green Food & Beverage Packaging, by Material, 2000-2005 (in billion $)
  • Flexible Packaging Will Drive Growth
  • Table 1-2 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging, by Segment, 2006-2010 (in billion $)
  • Recycling is Lucrative
  • Bio-based and Biodegradable Materials
  • Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
  • Figure 1-3 Value of U.S. Shipments of Paper-Based Food & Beverage Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ billions)
  • Table 1-3 U.S. Imports and Exports of Paper Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • The Outlook for Paper
  • Figure 1-4 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Paper-Based Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  • Plastic Bottles - Where the Growth Is
  • Figure 1-5 U.S. Shipments of Plastic Bottles, 2001-2005(E) ($ billions)
  • Table 1-4 U.S. Plastics Recycling, 2005 (thousand tons)
  • Figure 1-6 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Plastic Bottles in Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  • Metal Cans
  • Figure 1-7 U.S. Market Supply for Metal Cans in Food & Beverage Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • Table 1-5 U.S. Shipments of Metal Cans, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Figure 1-8 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Metal Cans in Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  • Glass - The Smallest Category
  • Figure 1-9 U.S. Market Supply for Green Glass Food & Beverage Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • The Outlook for Glass
  • Figure 1-10 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Glass Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  • Flexible - Food is the Largest Market
  • Figure 1-11 U.S. Market Supply for Flexible Food & Beverage Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • Table 1-6 U.S. Shipments of Various Flexible Packaging Materials, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Figure 1-12 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Flexible Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  
  
• Trends and Factors to Growth
  • Market Drivers
  • Table 1-7 Demographic Indices for Adults Who Recycle Very Often, 2006
  • Figure 1-13 Percentage of Households that Recycle Very Often, by Material Recycled, 2006

Chapter 2 The Market

• Scope of the Report
• Methodology
• Definitions
• The Market
  • A Stagnant Market
  • Figure 2-1 U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging Materials, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • Composition of the Sustainable Packaging Market
  • Figure 2-2 U.S Market Supply for All Food and Beverage Packaging, 2005
  • Table 2-1 U.S. Market Supply for Green Food & Beverage Packaging, by Material, 2000-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 2-3 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Green Food & Beverage Packaging Materials, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  • Table 2-2 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Green Food & Beverage Packaging, by Segment, 2006-2010 (in billion $)
  • Recycling is Lucrative
  • Table 2-3 U.S. Market Values for Pre-processed Recyclable Materials, 2003 ($/ton)
  • Figure 2-4 Share of U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Disposition, 2000 (%)
  • Figure 2-5 Projected U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Rates, 2005-2020
  
  
• Shipments - Category Comparisons
  • Paper - Renewable and Recyclable
  • Figure 2-6 Value of U.S. Shipments of Paper-Based Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ billions)
  • Table 2-4 U.S. Shipments of Paper-Based Sustainable Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  
  
  • Paper Capacity
  • Table 2-8 U.S. Paper Grades Manufacturing Capacity, 2004-2005 (%)
  • Table 2-5 U.S. Imports and Exports of Paper Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  
  
• Paper Production is Energy-Intensive
  • Table 2-6 Paper and Paperboard Packaging Waste, 2005 (thousands of tons)
  
  
• The Outlook for Paper
  • Figure 2-7 Projected U.S. Market Supply of Paper-Based Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  
  
• Plastic Bottles - Where the Growth Is
  • Figure 2-8 U.S. Shipments of Plastic Bottles, 2001-2005(E) ($ billions)
  • Table 2-7 U.S. Shipments of Plastic Bottles, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Table 2-8 U.S. Exports of Plastic Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Table 2-9 U.S. PET Bottle Recycling, 2004 (millions of pounds)
  • Table 2-10 U.S. Plastics Recycling, 2005 (thousand tons)
  • Figure 2-9 Uses for Recycled PET, 2005 (%)
  • Figure 2-10 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Plastic Food & Beverage Bottles, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  
  
• Metal Cans- Steel for Food and Aluminum for Beverages
  • Figure 2-11 U.S. Market Supply for Metal Cans, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • Figure 2-12 Share of U.S. Shipments of Metal Can Packaging, 2005 (%)
  • Table 2-11 U.S. Shipments of Metal Cans, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Table 2-12 U.S. Imports and Exports of Metal Cans, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Table 2-13 U.S. Metal Can Recycling, 2005 (thousand tons)
  • Figure 2-13 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Metal Food & Beverage Cans, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  
  
• Glass - The Smallest Category
  • Figure 2-14 U.S. Market Supply for Green Glass Food & Beverage Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • Table 2-14 U.S. Shipments of Glass Containers by End Use, 2002-2005 (thousand gross)
  • Table 2-15 U.S. Imports and Exports of Glass Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Table 2-15 [Cont.] U.S. Imports and Exports of Glass Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Table 2-16 U.S. Glass Container Recycling, 2005 (thousand tons)
  
  
• The Outlook for Glass
  • Figure 2-15 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Green Glass Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  
  
• Flexible - The Next Big Thing
  • Figure 2-16 U.S. Market Supply for Flexible Food & Beverage Packaging, 2001-2005 ($ in billions)
  • Table 2-17 U.S. Shipments of Various Flexible Packaging Materials, 2001-2005 ($ thousands)
  • Figure 2-17 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Sustainable Flexible Food & Beverage Packaging, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)
  
  
• Bio-based and Biodegradable Materials
• Trends and Factors to Growth
  • Raw Materials
  • Preservation of the Ecosystem
  • Regulation
  • Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors
  • Figure 2-18 Pounds of Aluminum Needed to Manufacture 1,000 Cans, 1960s-2000s
  • Figure 2-19 Average Annual Producer Price Index - Folding Paperboard Boxes (NAICS 322212), 2001-2005
  • Figure 2-20 Average Annual Producer Price Index - Setup Paperboard Boxes (NAICS 322213), 2001-2005
  • Figure 2-21 Average Annual Producer Price Index - Non-Folding Sanitary Food Containers (NAICS 322215), 2001-2005
  • Table 2-18 Producer Price Index - Coated & Laminated Paper Packaging and Plastic Film (NAICS 322221), 2004-2005
  • Table 2-19 Producer Price Index - Laminated Aluminum Foil Manufacturing for Flexible Packaging (NAICS 322225), 2004-2005
  • Table 2-20 Producer Price Index - Surface Coated Paperboard (NAICS 322226), 2004-2005
  • Table 2-21 Producer Price Index - Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (NAICS 326112), 2004-2005
  • Figure 2-22 Average Annual Producer Price Index - Plastic Bottles (NAICS 326160), 2001-2005
  • Figure 2-23 Average Annual Producer Price Index - Metal Cans (NAICS 332431), 2001-2005
  • Figure 2-24 Average Annual Producer Price Index - Glass Containers (NAICS 327213), 2001-2005
  
  
• Market Projections
  • The Overall Outlook for Food and Beverage Packaging
  • Figure 2-25 Projected U.S. Market Supply for Food and Beverage Packaging Materials, 2006-2010 ($ in billions)

Chapter 3 Company Profiles

• Alcan Inc.
  • Figure 3-1 Annual Revenues of Alcan, Inc., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-2 Annual Revenues of Alcan, Inc.’s Packaging Business, 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-3 Alcan, Inc.’s Packaging Revenue by End Use Market, 2005 (%)
  
  
• Amcor Limited
  • Figure 3-4 Annual Revenues of Amcor Ltd., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-5 Annual Revenues of Amcor Ltd. from Flexible Packaging Operations, 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-6 Amcor Ltd. Packaging Product Mix, 2005
  • Table 3-1 Amcor’s Flexible Packaging Brand/Product Portfolio
  
  
• Ball Corp.
  • Figure 3-7 Annual Revenues of Ball Corp., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-8 Annual Revenues of Ball Corp. from the U.S., 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-9 Ball Corp. Product Mix, 2005
  • Table 3-2 Ball Corp.’s Food Packaging Product Portfolio
  
  
• Bemis Company, Inc.
  • Figure 3-10 Annual Revenues of Bemis Company, Inc., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-11 Annual Revenues of Bemis Company, Inc. from Flexible Packaging Operations, 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  
  
• Crown Holdings, Inc.
  • Figure 3-12 Annual Revenues of Crown Holdings, 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-13 Annual Revenues of Crown Holdings from the U.S., 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-14 Crown Holdings Product Mix, 2005
  • Sustainability
  
  
• International Paper Company
  • Table 3-3 International Paper Company’s Product and Brand Portfolio for Boxes/Paperboard Containers
  • Table 3-3 [cont.] International Paper Company’s Product and Brand Portfolio for Boxes/Paperboard Containers
  • Figure 3-14 Annual Revenues of International Paper Company, 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-15 Annual Revenues of International Paper’s Consumer Packaging Segment, 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  
  
• Owens-Illinois, Inc.
  • Figure 3-16 Annual Revenues of O-I, 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-17 Annual Revenues of O-I from the U.S., 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-18 O-I Product Mix, 2005
  • Table 3-4 O-I’s Product and Brand Portfolio for Glass Containers
  
  
• Printpack, Inc.
  • Figure 3-19 Annual Revenues of Printpack, Inc., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Table 3-5 Printpack’s Product Portfolio
  
  
• Rexam Plc.
  • Figure 3-20 Annual Revenues of Rexam Plc, 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-21 Annual Revenues of Rexam Plc, 2001-2005 (in billion £)
  • Table 3-6 Rexam’s North American Product and Brand Portfolio
  • Figure 3-22 U.S. Annual Revenues of Rexam Plc, 2003-2005 (in billion £)
  • Figure 3-23 Rexam Plc Product Mix, 2005
  
  
• Sealed Air Corporation
  • Figure 3-24 Annual Revenues of Sealed Air, Inc., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-25 Annual Revenues of Sealed Air from Food Packaging, 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-26 Annual Revenues of Sealed Air from the U.S., 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Table 3-7 Sealed Air’s Food Packaging Brand/Product Portfolio
  
  
• Silgan Holdings, Inc.
  • Figure 3-27 Annual Revenues of Silgan Holdings Inc., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-28 Annual Revenues of Silgan Holdings Inc. from Metal Food Container Operations, 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Table 3-8 Sealed Air’s Food Packaging Brand/Product Portfolio
  
  
• Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
  • Figure 3-29 Annual Revenues of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-30 Annual Revenues of Smurfit-Stone Container from the U.S., 2003-2005 (in billion $)
  • Figure 3-31 Smurfit-Stone Container Product Mix, 2005
  • Table 3-9 Smurfit-Stone Container’s 2005 Consumer Packaging Products
  
  
• Sonoco Products Company
  • Figure 3-32 Annual Revenues of Sonoco Products Company, 2001-2005 (in billion $)
  • Table 3-10 Sonoco Products Company’s Flexible Packaging Product Portfolio
  • Figure 3-33 Annual Revenues of Tetra Pak International, 2004-2005 (in billion €)
  • Table 3-11 Tetra Pak’s Packaging Product and Brand Portfolio
  
  
• Other Companies
  • Table 3-12 Other Notable Food & Beverage Packaging Companies
  • Earthcycle Packaging
  • EarthShell Corp.
  • Innovia Films
  • NatureWorks LLC
  • Plantic Technologies Ltd.
  • Plastic Suppliers Inc.

Chapter 4 End Users

• Food Packaging - A Stable Market
• Table 4-1 Value of Shipments ($ in thousands)
• Table 4-1 [cont.] Value of Shipments ($ in thousands)
• Table 4-2 Largest Food Packagers
• Table 4-3 Largest Beverage Packagers