[joshspankit]

I have been thinking that it could also work to force all material which is not in direct contact with food to be single-process recyclable. No layers, made from a select number of materials, and no extra labels. Just drop the package in the recycle and it can be re-used as-is.

[ianai]

I wonder whether a standardized product container could gain market share. One option, make containers that consumers can purchase and then refill with standard disbursement containers at stores. Maybe the disbursement container would label the container with the usual store label. Another would be to strictly enforce containment options for different form factors ala the other comments here.