As consumers and regulators demand clearer recycling guidance, packaging teams face mounting pressure to deliver sustainable, easy-to-recycle designs—faster than ever— but fragmented systems and duplicative processes often slow progress.
That’s why Specright and How2Recycle have joined forces— uniting the industry’s most recognized on-pack recycling label program with the leader in digitized specification data.
Specright enables companies to manage everything their products are made of—down to the label, structure, and components—while How2Recycle turns that data into clear, consistent recycling instructions for consumers. It’s a natural fit for packaging and sustainability teams looking to scale impact without scaling effort.
We’re excited to extend our partnership with How2Recycle to eliminate manual data entry and accelerate the path to approved recycling labels. This new integration headlines our Summer Product Release, which also includes a range of additional product enhancements designed to help teams move faster with greater accuracy. The following is a look into our new integration.
Eliminating the Bottlenecks of Recycling Label Submissions
Packaging teams are under pressure to deliver accurate recycling labels—not just for regulatory compliance, but to meet growing consumer expectations.
Before, submitting to How2Recycle meant hunting down data in disconnected systems and performing repetitive data entry using manual workflows. The Specright integration changes that, offering a seamless, efficient way to request labels directly from their spec data.
Built in response to customer feedback, this integration is designed to meet real-world needs, and early adopters are already seeing results:
“Submitting to How2Recycle used to be a duplicative process—but with this integration, we can leverage the specs we’ve already built. Having everything in one place and uploading directly into H2R without extra manual work is a game changer for our efficiency. We’re excited to see what comes next.” – Fortune 100 Online Retailer (Beta User)
Better Together: Specright + How2Recycle Integration
This new integration enables How2Recycle members using Specright to submit packaging data directly from their existing specification records—no re-entry or extra formatting required.
Teams begin by selecting the packaging records they want to submit. Then they can optionally merge artwork and structure records to capture all design elements, and group SKUs that use the same packaging to streamline requests. Before submitting, users can validate records to catch any missing data, then initiate the request directly from Specright.
Once this information is in How2Recycle, the system generates packaging component information based on the data shared. From there, users simply review the details and submit the request as usual—only now, the entire process is faster and more accurate because it’s built on verified specification data.
Streamlined Today, Strategic Tomorrow: The Full Value of Integration
The Specright and How2Recycle integration delivers value from day one—while also setting teams up for long-term success. Packaging engineers eliminate redundant work and can reuse validated spec records across SKUs, improving accuracy and efficiency. Sustainability and compliance teams gain a faster, clearer path to accurate recycling labels—an especially critical need as reporting requirements continue to rise.
But the impact goes beyond immediate time savings. With all packaging data centralized in Specright, teams no longer rely on emails, spreadsheets, or disconnected systems to manage or submit data.
Supplier collaboration becomes simpler and more effective, with a single data request supporting multiple downstream processes. Ultimately, the integration supports broader ESG goals by enabling more frequent, consistent How2Recycle submissions—enhancing transparency and accelerating sustainability progress across the organization.
A Smarter Path to Sustainable Packaging
The How2Recycle and Specright integration reduces repetition, minimizes errors, and accelerates time-to-label—empowering packaging and sustainability teams to move faster with greater confidence. And this is only the beginning. Future enhancements will allow users to sync label status and feedback directly into Specright, automate more of the approval process, and unlock deeper data insights.
Ready to simplify your Specright and How2Recycle workflow? Request a demo to see the integration in action.
