FPA Sustainability Advantages of Flexible Packaging Webinar
On Friday, February 26, 2010, FPA held a Webinar on the Flexible Packaging Sustainability Advantages exclusively for FPA members. The goal of the webinar was to describe the research FPA has done on sustainable packaging and to introduce you to the FPA Sustainability Toolkit.
The Webinar included presentations on: Flexible Packaging Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission Benefits, presented by Jeff Wooster, The Dow Chemical Company; Options for Managing Flexible Packaging End of Life, presented by Dr. Ron Cotterman, Sealed Air Corporation; and an Overview on How to Use the Flexible Packaging Sustainability Advantages Toolkit, presented by Shanna Moore, DuPont Company.
FPA has developed a “Tool Kit” for its members to use to educate customers and other stakeholders about the Sustainability Advantages of Flexible Packaging. Included are: The Report on the Sustainability Assessment of Flexible Packaging; The FPA Case Stories Brochure; The FPA Fast Facts Brochure; The FPA Sustainability and Flexible Packaging Brochure; Individual Case Stories; The FPA Flex Pack Rap Video; Flexible Packaging: A Sustainable Solution PowerPoint Presentation; and the FPA sustainability logos. Please click here to access the Toolkit.
The flexible packaging industry continues to develop flexible packages that are sustainable and safe for the environment. Please click here to view the packaging efforts and activities of FPA members, and see how they are contributing to the sustainable packaging movement.
FTC’s Review of its Environmental Marketing Guides (“Green Guides”)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) conducted a workshop on April 30, 2008 that focused on “green” packaging claims, with discussion of whether the terms currently in the “Green Guides” are accurately described, what terms should be added and what level of substantiation is necessary for green packaging claims.
Click here to read Hogan and Hartson summary of the workshop
The transcript and workshop presentations are posted on the FTC web site, please click here.
