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What is your definition of Sustainable Packaging?

What is Sustainable Packaging?

Beneficial, safe & healthy throughout its life cycle

Western Candy Conference - 2009

Meets market criteria for performance and cost;


Sourced, manufactured, transported and recycled using renewable energy.

Maximizes use of renewable or recycled source materials.



Manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices

Made from materials healthy in all probable end of life scenarios




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



Measure progress ofSustainability Goals

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


4D Packaging Design Methodology


Packaging audit


Improve unit cost, logistics - sustainability


Certification SOUP

Does your packaging encourage recycling?

Does your packaging indicate its recycled content?

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


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


$ustainable Packaging

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Pacific Southwest Container is certified to both the Quality and the Environmental Management

Standard

Quality Management System Environmental Management System

3 our changing world what is your definition of sustainable packaging?

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entire packaging supply

recycled source materials

materials healthy

environmental impact

recycled content

given design

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