Recyclable flexible pouch and methods of producing and using same

A flexible recyclable package for a product, the package comprising:

• a flexible pouch body defining a chamber into which a product may be disposed, the pouch body having a front wall and a rear wall each formed of a plurality of flexible layers of different materials so as to form at least an inner layer, an intermediate layer, and an outer layer united with one another, the union of the intermediate layer and the outer layer having a union strength less than the strength of the union between the intermediate layer and the inner layer such that the intermediate layer and the outer layer can be selectively peeled from the inner layer;
• and
• means for assisting in the removal of one or more of the inner layer, the intermediate layer, and the outer layer from one another,
• wherein the pouch body has an opening defining a flow passage for dispensing the product into or from the pouch body.