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Extended producer responsibility laws have been spreading in the United States, requiring the guidance of producer responsibility organizations (PROs). Along the way, a PRO called Circular Action Alliance was incorporated in December 2022.
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ProAmpac has been focused on innovation and sustainability and wants to make sure it builds sustainable packaging options that are substrate agnostic as long as they can be recyclable or compostable and not go into landfills.
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Judges for this year’s Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition went through the entries one by one to pick the winners in six categories: expanding the use of flexible packaging, technical innovation, sustainability, printing, shelf impact, and packaging excellence.
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In this issue, we interview Apurva Shah, vice president of strategy and customer development at Charter Next Generation and a board member of the Flexible Packaging Association.
Read MoreCompanies recognized were ProAmpac, Michelman, and Mid South Extrusion. The individual celebrated was Mohammad Farahat, Ph.D., director of Sun Chemical’s Novel Device Laboratory.
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works advanced a recycling proposal that would support initiatives nationwide to increase recycling access, particularly in underserved areas.
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As the new Trump administration enacts massive changes nationwide, the Flexible Packaging Association will be monitoring various issues to ensure policymakers consider how decisions might affect their constituents who work in the packaging industry.
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FlexPackCon® is a North American technical conference dedicated solely to flexible packaging and includes players along the value chain, including material and equipment manufacturers, film manufacturers and converters, packaged goods manufacturers, brand owners, and retailers.
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Dan Felton, the new president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, discusses his career and the challenges that the packaging industry will face in 2025.
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In this issue, we interview Kelly Knowles, coordinator of FlexPAC™.
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An audience member during a presentation about producer responsibility organizations (PROs) at PACK EXPO International expressed skepticism about whether a PRO can fairly implement extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws that will ensure the strongest sustainability measures.
Read MoreAs 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 won’t mind.” Never were truer words spoken as I took the helm of the Flexible Packaging Association as your new president and CEO.
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The committee also tracks regulatory developments to inform members on upcoming and existing environmental compliance issues and policies.
Read MoreAmong their achievements are the FlexPack Crash Course; Washington, D.C., fly-ins; the summer internship program; and the video on the basics of extended producer responsibility.
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The FAQs, which now total 100, are a testament to the Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council’s mission and a valued industry resource accessed thousands of times annually.
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If food waste were a country, it would rank third in environmental impact behind the United States and China. Preventing food waste is a primary strategy for mitigating the environmental consequences of our food system.
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Regulatory oversight will continue to be a key interest for the Flexible Packaging Association as the new administration settles in.
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As we enter 2025, we are coming off a busy year, with Minnesota passing a new packaging extended producer responsibility law and hundreds of other bills that were mostly defeated but would have created new mandates or banned certain types of flexible packaging.
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As Felton prepared to start his new position as president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), he reflected on how some of the issues facing FPA were the same as at AMERIPEN—the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment—where he had spent nearly five years leading that association.
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The flexible packaging industry took a significant step into the political arena in 2024 with the creation of its first political action committee, FlexPAC™.
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