FPA Holds Successful Fall Executive Conference

The Flexible Packaging Association recently held its 2019 Fall Executive Conference at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings preceded the conference. This issue of the FPA Update highlights some of the presentations.

Andy Hackman, principal lobbyist, and Serlin Haley, FPA state lobbyist, provided an update on FPA’s State Advocacy program. In California, AB 1080 and SB 54 were recently moved to the inactive file to facilitate meaningful negotiations over the interim for January 2020. The bills call for source reduction to “maximum extent feasible;” 100 percent recyclable, compostable, or reusable by 2030; and a 75 percent waste reduction goal for single-use plastic packaging and priority single-use products.