Association Index

A useful directory of packaging and related associations that will help in your journey to sustainable packaging.

Feb 4th, 2008

Alliance of Foam
Packaging Recyclers
Phone: (410) 451-8340
www.epspackaging.org

Aluminum Association
Phone: (703) 358-2960
www.aluminum.org

Aluminum Foil Container Manufacturers Association
Phone: (501) 922-7425
afcma.org

American Forest & Paper Association
Phone: (202) 463-2700
www.afandpa.org

American Chemistry Council/Plastic Division
Phone: (703) 741-5000
www.americanchemistry.com/plastics

Aseptic Packaging Council
Phone: (800) 277-8088
www.aseptic.org

Association of Independent Corrugated Converters
Phone: (703) 836-2422
www.aiccbox.org

Association of
Post-Consumer Plastic Recyclers
Phone: (202) 316-3046
www.plasticsrecycling.org

Boxboard Research & Development Association
Suite 207
350 S. Kalamazoo Mall
Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Can Manufacturers Institute
Phone: (202) 232-4677
www.cancentral.com

Center for Plastic Recycling Research
Building 4109
Rutgers University- Livingston
New Brunswick, NJ
08903-5062

Closure Manufacturers Association
Phone: (804) 435-9580
www.closuremanufacturers.org

Composite Can & Tube Institute
Phone: (703) 823-7234
www.cctiwdc.org

Consumer Products
Manufacturers Association
Phone: (716) 586-1730
www.cpma-global.org

Contract Packaging Association
Phone: (630) 544-5053
www.contractpackaging.org

Fibre Box Association
Phone: (847) 364-9600
www.fibrebox.org

Design Management Institute
Phone: (617) 338-6380
www.dmi.org

Environmental Industry Association
Phone: (202) 244-4700
www.envasns.org

Fibre Box Association
Phone: (847) 364-9600
www.fibrebox.org

Film and Bag Federation, A Business Unit of The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
Phone: (202) 974-5218
www.plasticsindustry.org

Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container Association
Phone: (866) 600-8880
www.fibca.com

Flexible Packaging Association
Phone: (410) 694-0800
www.flexpack.org

Flexographic Technical Association
Phone: (631) 737-6020
www.flexography.org

Food Marketing Institute
Phone: (202) 452-8444
www.fmi.org

Food Processing Suppliers Association
Phone: (703) 761-2600
www.fpmsa.org

Foodservice & Packaging Institute
Phone: (703) 538-2800
www.fpi.org

Forest Products Society
Phone: (608) 231-1361
www.forestprod.org

Glass Packaging Institute
Phone: (703) 684-6359
www.gpi.org

Gravure Association
of America
Phone: (585) 436-2150
www.gaa.org

Grocery Manufacturers of America/Food Products Association
Phone: (202) 393-0890
www.gmabrands.com
www.fpa-food.org

Institute of Packaging Professionals
Phone: (630) 544-5050
www.iopp.org

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
Phone: (202) 737-1770
www.isri.org

International Beverage Packaging Association
Phone: (702) 566-7103
www.ibpa.org

International Molded Fibre Association
Phone: (262) 241-0522
www.impepa.org

International Safe Transit Association
Phone: (517) 333-3437
www.ista.org

Keep America Beautiful
Phone: (203) 323-8987
www.kab.org

National Association for PET Container Resources
Phone: (707) 996-4207
www.napcor.com

National Association of Container Distributors
Phone: (630) 544-5052
www.nacd.net

North American Packaging Association
Phone: (703) 684-2212
www.paperbox.org

National Recycling Coalition
Phone: (202) 789-1430
www.nrc-recycle.org

National Resource Recovery Association
Phone: (202) 293-7330

Northeast Resource Recovery Association
Phone: (603) 736-4401
www.nrra.net

NPES- Association for Suppliers of Printing/Publishing Technology
Phone: (703) 264-7200
www.npes.org

National Wooden Pallet
& Container Association
Phone: (703) 519-6104
www.palletcentral.com

Packaging and Label Gravure Association
Phone: (920) 217-6059
www.plga.com

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
Phone: (703) 243-8555
www.pmmi.org

Paperboard Packaging Council
Phone: (703) 836-3300
www.ppcnet.org

The Society of the Plastics Industry
Phone: (202) 974-5218
www.plasticsindustry.org

Plastic Shipping Container Institute
Phone: (612) 459-0671
www.pscionline.org

The Plastics Institute
of America, Inc.
Phone: (978) 934-3130
www.plasticsinstitute.org

Plastics Foodservice Packaging Group
Phone: (703) 741-5647
www.polystyrene.org

Pressure Sensitive Tape Council
Phone: (877) 523-7782
www.pstc.org

Printing Industries of America, Inc./Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
Phone: (412) 741-6860
www.gain.net

Private Label Manufacturers Association
Phone: (212) 972-3131
www.plma.com

Produce Marketing Association
Phone: (302) 738-7100
www.pma.com

Retail Packaging Manufacturers Association
Phone: (606) 341-9623
www.rpma.org

Society of Plastics Engineers
Phone: (203) 775-0471
www.4spe.org

Society of the Plastics Industries
Phone: (202) 974-5200
www.socplas.org

Solid Waste Association of North America
Phone: (301) 585-2898
www.swana.org

Steel Recycling Institute
Phone: (412) 922-2772
www.recycle-steel.org

Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute Inc.
Phone: (630) 357-9222
www.tlmi.com

TAPPI-Technical Association of the Pulp
& Paper Industry
Phone: (770) 446-1400
www.tappi.org

Textile Bag Manufacturers Association
Phone: (708) 272-3930

The Tube Council
Phone: (508) 850-5179
www.tube.org

The Vinyl Institute
Phone: (703) 741-5670
www.vinylinfo.org

Women in Packaging
Phone: (678) 594-6872
www.womeninpackaging.org

World Packaging Organisation
Phone: +46 8 676 70 00
www.worldpackaging.org

 

 

Companies in this article
DMI
American Packaging Corp.
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
TLMI
NPES
Technical Assn. of the Pulp & Paper Industry
Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute
The Society of the Plastics Industry
Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)
Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Inst.
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