This episode unpacks the structural flaw behind label waste in regulated healthcare packaging, where batch-printed inventory rarely matches high-mix, low-volume production reality. It introduces the Label Waste Index, a site-level audit tool that separates confirmed waste, at-risk inventory, and necessary process consumption to reveal true avoidable waste, and makes the case for on-demand printing as the upstream fix.
Through the Line Podcast: The Label Waste Index Tackles Regulated Packaging's Sustainability Problem
Why do perfectly good pre-printed labels end up in the incinerator by the thousands—and why doesn't anyone treat it as a sustainability problem?
Sep 18, 2026
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