Sustainable Flexible Packaging

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FPA Resource Recovery Consultant Peter Hunderup and Ram Singhal, FPA Vice President of Environment and Technology provided an update to the Material Optimization Committee of PAC NEXT.

Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has released its 2013-14 Corporate Responsibility Report, outlining the company's continued progress towards achieving its global sustainability targets.

Flint Group has announced publication of its 2014 Sustainability Report - providing comprehensive economic, social and environmental data, detailing the group’s strong sustainability performance over the last several years.

The flexible packaging industry is seeing some remarkable growth, and that growth is set to continue according to all studies I come across.

FPA members Ron Cotterman, PhD, Vice President of Sustainability, Sealed Air and Jeff Wooster, Dow Performance Packaging, North America were session panelists during the two day SAVE FOOD Congress, May 7-8, held in conjunction with Interpack, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

“Sustainability will change the way we do business around the world—be a part of what’s next” is the tag line Walmart used on every slide presented during their Sustainability Expo and conference held on April 29

The carbon footprint is said to be one of the most important topics for the future of the packaging industry.

The Flexible Packaging Association is leading an industry effort to address end-of-packaging–life alternatives for flexible packaging including resource recovery for multi-material laminates

One printer, one product, two journeys—each focusing on people, planet and profit—took all accolades in Flexographic Technical Association’s newly minted 2014 Sustainability Excellence Awards competition.

Flexible film packaging and bags have been under the microscope by certain groups across the nation, being labeled as environmentally unfriendly without fully examining all the angles and advantages.