The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the voice for the rapidly growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, applauds the introduction and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee advancement of the Strategies to Eliminate Waste...

The recent change in presidential administrations came and went without an update to the Green Guides, guidelines for environmental marketing claims promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission. An FTC spokesperson confirmed at the end of...

Circular Action Alliance submitted its initial extended producer responsibility plan to Colorado’s advisory board, taking another step on the state’s path to implementation. The plan proposal lays out the details of program operations, including producer...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the positive changes that have been made to the Hawai’i needs assessment effort, introduced this session as HB 750, which would direct the Hawai’i Department of Health to conduct...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on Senate Bill 5284 (Lovelett), which would establish an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging program in the State of Washington. While we appreciate...

With a stark change in power in the nation’s capital, this year brings some major landscape shifts for organizations navigating packaging and adjacent policy and regulation. 2025 is also expected to feature more EPR negotiations...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is strongly supportive of A4902 (Spearman), which would direct the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a statewide needs assessment for the recycling of packaging products.

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on House Bill 1150 (Berry), which would establish an Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging program in the State of Washington. While we appreciate the...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the voice for the rapidly growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, congratulates President Trump on his inauguration and stands ready to work with his administration to advance the priorities of flexible...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, proudly announces its support for the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA)’s new Plastic Film Recycling Directory. This valuable...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), on behalf of its members, is submitting these comments on the August 24, 2024, proposed rule published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to identify and prevent “heat...

A Monday legislative hearing on a controversial bill that calls for a dramatic decrease in single-use plastic packaging ended without a vote after calls for changes to the measure by supporters and critics. The bill,...

Failing to preserve pro-manufacturing tax policies from the 2017 tax reform will cost the U.S. economy nearly 6 million jobs, according to a landmark EY study released by the National Association of Manufacturers. Inaction would...

There could be packaging-related developments under the new administration, especially the FDA, including potential regulatory changes and updated labeling requirements. Columnists are expected to make predictions when there’s a new President, so here are five...

This year marks 30 Years of SPMC Excellence and 5 Years of Sterile Packaging Day! As we look back on our organization's extraordinary journey, we're excited to celebrate our entire industry on February 5, 2025....

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the automatic addition of nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the list of chemicals covered by the Toxics Release Inventory. TRI data is reported to EPA annually by facilities...

The cover feature of the January/February 2025 issue of FlexPack VOICE® is a conversation with Dan Felton, the new president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). Felton, who started as FPA’s leader on...

The flexible packaging industry took a significant step into the political arena in 2024 with the creation of its first political action committee (PAC). Dubbed FlexPAC™ and formed by the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the...

As Dan Felton prepared to start his new position as president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) this fall, he reflected on how some of the issues facing FPA were the same as...

If you’ve been following the journey of the Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA’s) Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) since 2019, you have seen our contributions and perhaps felt some direct impacts. Among our achievements are the FlexPack...

We know that 2025 will be a year of great challenges and change in large part due to the November elections. The year kicks off the start of the 119th Congress at the beginning of...

As we enter 2025, we are coming off a busy year, with Minnesota passing a new packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law and hundreds of other bills that were mostly defeated but would have created...

An audience member during a presentation about producer responsibility organizations (PROs) at the recent PACK EXPO International expressed skepticism about whether a PRO can fairly implement extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws that will ensure the...

As the voice of the flexible packaging industry, the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) works with regulators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and other U.S. regulatory agencies...

As I prepared to ring in the New Year, I was reminded of this quote from playwright Hillary DePiano in her 2014 play New Year’s Thieve: “You can get excited about the future. The past...

Months into the job, Jeff Fielkow discussed the fast-growing PRO’s focus areas, as well as the importance of needs assessments and harmonization. Jeff Fielkow has experience “on every side of the recycling bin.” He’s tapping...

The packaging industry touches much of the modern economy, through widespread e-commerce packaging to bulk transport packaging to extremely niche packaging solutions. Packaging Dive kept tabs on the dollar values, percentages and other numbers and...

The U.S. EPA announced Wednesday it will formally designate vinyl chloride as a high-priority substance for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Regulators will consider whether vinyl chloride — a synthetic plastic polymer...