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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Flexible Packaging Industry Growth Accelerates
Sept/Oct 2024
The Annual State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insight into the performance of the U.S. flexible packaging industry over the past year.
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FPA Submits Comments and Joins Coalition Concerned About California Recycling Law
July/August 2024
The Flexible Packaging Association believes the law will only lessen the collection and recycling of recyclable material and add to landfill waste.
Read MoreFlexible Packaging Association Seeks New Leader
Alison Keane to Leave Top Post August 1
Alison Keane, president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), will be leaving FPA on August 1, 2024, to take another position after leading the Maryland-based organization for the past eight years. “Under Alison’s leadership, we grew the FPA and kept the budget and revenue on track with expectations,” said William Jackson, Ph.D., chief […]
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Case Study Compares Pet Product Packaging
May/June 2024
The Flexible Packaging Association partnered with PTIS, LLC to perform a streamlined life cycle assessment to compare flexible packaging options for the pet food sector with those of other comparative packaging formats to better understand the environmental impacts.
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FPA Reflects on 2023—A Year in Review
March/April 2024
While FPA was heavily engaged in several issue areas, including labeling standards, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and advanced recycling technologies, FPA’s highest priority remained extended producer responsibility legislation.
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FPA’s Environmental, Health, and Safety Committee Monitors Evolving Federal Regulations
Jan/Feb 2024
The Flexible Packaging Association works with federal regulators to share industry positions and mitigate potential regulatory burdens on flexible packaging manufacturing in the United States.
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FPA Joins Effort Seeking ‘Sensible Regulations’
Nov/Dec 2023
The Manufacturers for Sensible Regulations coalition seeks to encourage policymakers to help release the power of U.S. manufacturing by ridding job creators of overly burdensome regulations.
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Flexible Packaging Industry Growth Accelerates
Sept/Oct 2023
The annual State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report, recently released by the Flexible Packaging Association, provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insights into the U.S. flexible packaging industry’s performance over the past year.
Read MoreFPA and PMMI Develop Best Practices Guide for Transitioning Flexible Materials
July/Aug 2023
The project’s main objectives were to uncover the key operational challenges and barriers to switching between flexible materials in the consumer packaged goods company production lines; and to create a best practices document as an industry guide for CPG companies, original equipment manufacturers, and materials suppliers/ converters on the most effective way to transition between flexible materials
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Overview of FPA Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition
May/June 2023
Since 1956, the Flexible Packaging Association has conducted the annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition to showcase the industry’s innovation and the advances that have changed packaging.
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Year in Review
FPA Reflects on 2022 While Looking Ahead
March/April 2023
The Flexible Packaging Association recently published its annual “Report to the Members,” which provides an overview of the many initiatives and activities the association conducts on behalf of its members.
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Monitoring Federal Rule-makers
Committee Offers Updates on Biden Administration’s Policy Moves
Jan/Feb 2023
The Flexible Packaging Association’s environmental, health, and safety committee tracks regulatory developments on federal environmental and occupational safety regulations and develops action plans for those that could impact the industry. The environmental policy initiatives under the Biden administration are a major shift from the previous administration.
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Flexible Packaging Industry Growth Accelerates
Nov/Dec 2022
The annual “State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report,” covers the entire flexible packaging industry, including the segment of the industry that adds significant value to flexible materials, usually by performing multiple processes. This segment of the industry is estimated to be $29.5 billion in 2021.
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Why ‘Elimination’ Won’t Solve the Packaging Pollution Problem
Sept/Oct 2022
Flexible packaging has a target on its back. Shortsighted elimination policies for flexible packaging—and all packaging in general—will not solve the problem and, in many cases, will result in more environ-mental harm.
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Aligning Flexible Packaging to a Circular Economy Framework
July/Aug 2022
Despite being one of the most environmentally sustainable packaging types, no single solution currently can be applied when it comes to the best way to collect, sort, and process flexible packaging waste.
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FPA Monitors EPA Regulations of Chemicals
May/June 2022
The U.S. EPA is under pressure to designate PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA.
Read MoreA Look Inside FPA’s Awards Competition
March/April 2022
THE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Association (FPA) has conducted an annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition since 1956 to showcase the industry’s innovation and the advances that have changed packaging. Technical innovation and sustainability continue to be a focus of the competition.
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FPA Profiles the U.S. Packaging Industry
Jan/Feb 2022
AS ONE OF the fastest-growing segments of the packaging industry, flexible packaging combines the best qualities of plastic, film, paper, and aluminum foil to deliver a broad range of protective properties while employing a minimum of material.
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Industry Grows, Despite Pandemic
Annual Report Provides Details
Nov/Dec 2021
The annual State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry Report, published by the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insight into the performance of the U.S. flexible packaging industry over the past year.
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