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Our Changing World
What is your definition of Sustainable Packaging?
What is Sustainable Packaging?
Beneficial, safe & healthy throughout its life cycle
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Meets market criteria for performance and cost;
What is Sustainable Packaging?
Sourced, manufactured, transported and recycled using renewable energy.
Maximizes use of renewable or recycled source materials.
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What is Sustainable Packaging?
Manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices
Made from materials healthy in all probable end of life scenarios
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What is Sustainable Packaging?
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Physically designed to optimize materials and energy
Effectively recovered & utilized in biological and/or industrial cradle to cradle cycles
Have a plan!
Integrate packaging into your corporate sustainability program
• Establish a baseline • Determine your company’s environmental “footprint”• Select packaging metrics methodology (to assess packaging)• Set corporate goals and timelines• Develop a Packaging Specification / Protocol• Communicate requirements effectively to entire packaging
supply chain: design, marketing, buyers, and suppliers• Track improvement • Educate consumers
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Measure progress ofSustainability Goals
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ComparativePackaging
Assessment Tool
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Compass
Allows comparison of the Human and Environmental Impact of a given design.• Fossil Fuels• Water Consumption• Biotic Resource Consumption• Mineral Consumption• Green House Gas emissions• Solid Waste• Content (recycled vs. virgin)• Clean Production Human Impacts• Clean Production Aquatic Toxicity
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4D Packaging Design Methodology
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Packaging audit
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Improve unit cost, logistics - sustainability
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Certification SOUP
Does your packaging encourage recycling?
Does your packaging indicate its recycled content?
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Greenwashing
The following types of general environmental claims are discouraged unless accompanied by qualifying text:
• Sustainable• Eco-friendly• Green• Natural• Environmentally safe
“Green” marketing guidance is available:http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/rcc/web-academy/2009/
pdfs/hartwell2-09.pdf
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2009 Schedule of Packaging Sustainability seminars & conferences
• The Essentials of Sustainable Packaging – Sustainable Packaging Coalition; www.sustainablepackaging.org/essentials or www.pac.ca– Apr 28 & 29, 2009 Philadelphia– Jun 9 & 10, 2009 Chicago– Nov 17 & 18, 2009 Denver
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Pacific Southwest Container is certified to both the Quality and the Environmental Management
Standard
Quality Management System Environmental Management System
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