ForeFront aims to help food brands meet and exceed new EPR and retailer packaging requirements coming down the pike.

As part of our 2024 “State of Converting” outreach to the industry, The Packaging Group from BNP Media sought input from leading converters to gain perspective on the current EPR legislative climate.

Series will focus on the implementation of state programs, covering topics such as producer responsibility organization (PRO) membership, reporting requirements, needs assessments, and insights from previously implemented programs in Europe and Canada. 

Authored by SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, this report provides encouraging insights at the project’s half-way stage.

AMERIPEN’s Dan Felton lauds both Maryland and Illinois for fostering productive discussions and collaboration among industry, environmental groups, and the government with respect to EPR and any future laws.

It’s in the best interest of all packaging companies to begin assessing and verifying their own data systems now to ensure they are prepared when EPR reporting requirements take effect.

Overseeing day to day operations for the growing business, David brings more than two decades of experience in the paper-based and flexible packaging industries, including Production and Operational Excellence directorship.

In this second in a series of stories looking at the outlook for packaging in 2024, FPA’s Alison Keane talks about how converters will continue to innovate in the face of regulatory and supply-chain challenges.

In just two years, some packaging producers will start paying to recover their packaging at its end of life. Is your company ready?

Application period to serve as the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) is open through Jan. 1, 2024.