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2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | 2 0Product End-of-Life To reduce post-consumer landfill waste, we design for recyclability, compostability, or reuse across all our product lines and support efforts to make recycling and composting more widely available. %u2022 Compostable or Recyclable Molded Fiber Pulp and Paper: In 2024, 30% of our finished goods produced were molded fiber pulp or paper. As of December 2023, all our U.S. molded fiber pulp and paper products are now manufactured to be 100% free from intentionally added PFAS, a prerequisite for compostability. %u2022 Recyclable Plastics: In 2024, 69% of our finished goods produced were PET or PP. PET is the most widely recycled plastic resin, with a growing number of recycling centers accepting PET food packaging. According to the %u201cIncreasing PET Thermoform Recycling%u201d white paper by National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), PET thermoform collection has increased more than threefold over the previous 12 years, outpacing the growth in bottle collection. The paper also states that in the U.S., PET thermoforms are recycled at a rate of about 14%. Industry organizations like the PP Recycling Coalition are also advancing the growth of PP recycling in the U.S. At Sabert, our commitment to reducing post-consumer PP and other plastic waste is exemplified in our recycling facility, Nuvida.%u2022 Certifications: We maintain a strategic focus on the end of life of packaging. We recognize the trust and credibility third-party certifications lend to our products and participate in voluntary testing to add the best waste guidance to consumers possible. We achieved the following certifications/substantiations of our claims in 2024: BPI, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Biopreferred, Technischer %u00dcberwachungsverein (TUV), How2Recycle, Western Michigan University.2024 GLOBAL FINISHED GOODS PRODUCTION WEIGHT PERCENT BY SUBSTRATEPP 41%PET 28%PLA & PS 1%Pulp & Paper 30%2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | 2 0