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The SPC's Essentials of Sustainable Packaging course will take place June 16-17 in NYC, at FIT.
We hope you can join us! More info here: http://www.sustainablepackaging.org/content/?type=5&id=the-essentials-of-sustainable-packaging-curriculum Registration here: https://portal.pac.ca/mpower/event/loadevent.action?e=14
Posted May 12, 2010
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The SPC Definition
Hi there Lisa, thanks for the post. To be clear, the SPC definition has 8 criteria that was developed by consensus in 2005. It provides a common vision and a framework for understanding activities directed toward improving packaging, and continues to inform the future vision of the coalition and its individual member-companies. This definition has been widely adopted throughout the packaging industry. Here are the 8 criteria (No ranking is implied): • Is beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals and communities throughout its life cycle; • Meets market criteria for both performance and cost; • Is sourced, manufactured, transported, and recycled using renewable energy; • Optimizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials; • Is manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices; • Is made from materials healthy in all probable end of life scenarios; • Is physically designed to optimize materials and energy; • Is effectively recovered and utilized in biological and/or industrial closed loop cycles. Link: http://www.sustainablepackaging.org/content/?type=5&id=definition-of-sustainable-packaging
Design Library undergoing upgrades
Thanks Lisa! We are currently uploading new content and expect it will be complete in about two weeks, so please check back for an improved Library soon!
SPC Spring Meeting will cover relevant topics
Hi everyone, I hope you'll consider attending the Sustainable Packaging Coalition Spring Meeting in Boston April 19-21 where we seek to continue the high-level discussion on improving packaging sustainability, to include many of the issues discussed within this thread. Specifically, we have sessions covering "Integrated Waste Management", "Biobased, Biodegradable, Compostable & Oxo:What Do These Terms Actually Mean" (with Stephen Hofmann, President, Oxo Biodegradable Plastics Alliance and Andrew Sweetman, Chairman, European Bioplastics Association), and "Next Generation Waste–To–Energy Technology". http://www.sustainablepackaging.org/events/details.aspx?eventid=10002
We at the SPC are exploring a
We at the SPC are exploring a similar project. If you are interested in being involved in a similar effort here in the U.S. please contact me at anne.bedarf@greenblue.org.
Related Toxics In Packaging Study
Hello, the report found here: http://www.toxicsinpackaging.org/projects_publications.html entitled "Assessment of Heavy Metals in Packaging" found that some flexible PVC contained heavy metals in violation of state laws.