Abstract In India, there is a growing demand for sustainable packaging made of paper, jute, cloth, bagasse and compostable plastic. New age packaging materials are lightweight, durable and versatile but despite their ubiquitous presence and the critical role they play in our daily lives there is always a need to do more and more given the kind of growth India is witnessing. If compostable plastics or a totally new innovation is introduced in the market today, it would be a game changer and a breakthrough which has been in the waiting for quite a long time now. A panacea material of sorts which is cheap, durable, flexible, light yet strong and which can be utilized in a multitude of ways possible with packaging materials in use today. There are systemic challenges in managing packaging waste due to a host of factors but it can be addressed through innovations in collection mechanism and in recycling techniques. Sources of Packaging Waste Among sources of various kinds of packa