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Flex Pack Crash Course Provides Industry Overview for Newcomers

Flex Pack Crash Course Provides Industry Overview for Newcomers

Sessions Focused on Materials, Converting Basics, and Legislative Updates

The course, which was organized by the Flexible Packaging Association’s Emerging Leadership Council, included informational sessions on materials and substrates, converting basics and end of use, and legislative updates.

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FPA New Member Profile: Oben Group

FPA New Member Profile: Oben Group

Oben Group Focuses on Sustainability and Networking

We interview Marita Mendoza Arévalo, corporate head of marketing for Oben Group.

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FPA Is in Good Hands

As the last President’s Message I will pen for FlexPack VOICE® and the Flexible Packaging Association, I can reflect on my eight years with FPA with pride, enjoyment, and success.

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EPA Releases Food Waste National Strategy

EPA Releases Food Waste National Strategy

The White House, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration released their final “National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics.” This strategy is part of a series of strategies for building a more circular economy for all.

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Storage of Preformed Sterile Barrier Systems Examined

The Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC®) released a new white paper titled “Preformed Sterile Barrier Systems Storage and Handling.” The paper delivers recommendations and best practices for the storage of preformed sterile barrier systems before their use by a medical device manufacturer or contract packaging manufacturer.

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Beyond the Food Safety Modernization Act

Beyond the Food Safety Modernization Act

With the latest updates to the Food Safety Modernization Act, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aims to dramatically improve food safety in the U.S. by shifting the focus to prevent foodborne illnesses by enhancing data-driven transparency and accountability within the food system.

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State

Packaging Regulations Roll on

The year 2024 has been one of intensive regulatory activity related to extended producer responsibility for packaging in the first four states with laws. These regulations will have a lasting impact on the costs and incentives within the programs.

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Lessons From 2024 Inform 2025

Lessons From 2024 Inform 2025

Industry Leaders Discuss Trends Facing Flexible Packaging Industry

FlexPack VOICE® asked three experts involved with the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) about key flexible packaging industry developments this year, while looking toward 2025 and beyond: Amanda Ciccone, senior director of sales at Dow; Dhuanne Dodrill, CEO of PAXXUS, Inc.; and Alison Keane, former president and CEO at FPA.

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Milestones 2024

Milestones 2024

Companies Celebrating Anniversaries With FPA Weigh in

With 2025 around the corner, companies will be looking to see if trends in 2024 continue while watching for new developments. To gauge what they are thinking, FlexPack VOICE® asked some of the companies celebrating milestones with the Flexible Packaging Association in 2024 what is on their minds.

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Labeling Laws Examined

Labeling Laws Examined

National Labeling Standards Remain Elusive, Experts Say

In October 2021, California enacted a law that continues to send tremors through the worlds of packaging and recycling. The measure amends the state’s Truth in Advertising Law by setting strict standards for claims that a product or package is recyclable, focusing on how and when companies should be allowed to apply the decades-old chasing arrows symbol or other marks denoting recyclability. More than three years after the bill was passed, California regulators are still hashing out the details.

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Examining Packaging Labeling Laws

Examining Packaging Labeling Laws

Second AMERIPEN Webinar Set for October 29

The webinar will explore federal legislative proposals that would help establish standardized definitions, which would provide clarity and harmonization “on packaging pathways for end of life,” according to AMERIPEN—the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment.

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California Pursues Actions Against Plastics

California Pursues Actions Against Plastics

Double Whammy: Bag Ban and Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil

In two separate actions, California moved to ban single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and sued ExxonMobil over its claims about the recyclability of plastics.

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Benefits of EPR Explained

Benefits of EPR Explained

New Educational Video Released by FPA’s Emerging Leadership Council

The video—“Basics of Extended Producer Responsibility”—outlines the sustainability attributes of flexible packaging and then explains how extended producer responsibility programs work.

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