Marilyn BakerHead of U.S. Delegation

ANSI MH10.4, U.S. Delegation

Initiative emerged at ISO/TC 122 pre-meeting from Asian Packaging Federation with support from Europe, China, Korea, and Japan

1st

Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 2009

14 Nations participating

Reduce the environmental impact of packaging

Minimize the risk of technical barriers to trade

Not to conflict with existing standards◦

Modeled on

European CEN standards

Japanese (Asian) standards -

JPI

Belgium

China

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Japan

Kenya

Korea

Netherlands

Sweden

Thailand

UK

USA

Chairman –

Anders Linde, Sweden

Secretariats (twinned) –

Sweden & China

WG1 –

General Requirements

WG2 –

Optimization (Source Reduction) including Hazardous Substances

WG3 –

Reuse

WG4 –

Recycling

WG5 –

Energy Recovery

WG7 –

Organic Recovery

WG6 –

Technical Report –

Chemical Recovery

Working Group Convenor (Chair) Project Leader1-

General Requirements

Mr. Wang Yuande(China)

Mr. Fred Hayes(US)

2-

Optimization Mr. Michael Nieuwesteeg(Netherlands)

Ms. Laura Rowell(US)

3 -

Reuse Mr. Wang Weishan(China)

Mr. Jongkyong Kim(Korea)

4 -

Recycling Mr. Takehiro Kaneko(Japan)

Ms. Marilyn Baker(US)

5 –

Energy Recovery Mr. Seung-Jin Choi(Korea)

Mr. Seung-Jin Choi(Korea)

7 –

Organic Recovery Dr. Ramani Narayan(United States)

Mr. Bruno De Wilde(Belgium) and Mr.Kazunori Miura(Japan)

Working Group Convenor (Chair) Project Leader6 –

Chemical Recovery Dr. Myung-Hoon Lee(Korea)

Dr. Shunji Kojima(Japan)

ISO/TC 122/SC 4 + WG meetings Tokyo 5-8 October 2010◦

Preparation and circulations of CDs

WG meetings by web, telephone & mail February – May 2011

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Preparation of DIS

ISO/TC 122/SC 4 + WG meetings Atlanta 2-6 May 2011◦

Preparation and circulation of DIS

WG meetings by web, telephone and mail November 2011 -

March 2012

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Preparation of FDIS

ISO/TC 122/SC 4 + WG meetings Seoul May 2012◦

Preparation and circulation of FDIS◦

WGs are made dormant

Guidance to an environmentally responsible approach to packaging production, use and post-use management

Voluntary standards but prescriptive (i.e. if you claim to meet a standard, you must meet all of its requirements)

Countries could require compliance

Companies could require application of standards

Retailers could require their suppliers to meet the standards

•Aligns with existing standards•Common reference for all stakeholders debating the•environmental impact of packaging •Prevent ad-hoc regional requirementsPlatform for communications with

regulatory authoritiesGlobal approach for global market

Harmonized packaging requirementsSupports free trade