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Sustainability News & Events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

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■ The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) and Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Europe are jointly producing a nontechnical guide to packaging and sustainability, covering the entire lifecycle of the packaging supply chain. The guide, expected to be published next June, will attempt to clarify and define the term sustainable packaging so that supply chain, consumers, and regulators understand what is meant by the term sustainable packaging.

■ The Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN) and UK Government Agency Envirowise have collaborated on a new design guide aimed at helping product and packaging designers, as well as marketing and procurement managers, improve the sustainability of a package’s design. The guide explains how to minimize the total amount of resources consumed. The guide covers all stages of the packaging lifecycle from production to end-of-life management.

■ In his new book Strategies for the Green Economy, Joel Makower distills his more than 20 years of reporting on and consulting with green businesses. Makower offers insights for understanding the complexities and controversies of profiting in a green economy.

■ PMMI added a new interactive educational feature to Pack Expo ’08. The Sustainable Packaging Scorecard Information Center was staffed by a team of scorecard consultants and trainers who offered free one-on-one consultations during the show.

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