The Sustainable Plastics Packaging conference, previously held three times in Europe, would be held in North America for the first time later this year. Plastics News Global Group is organising the event from 8-9 December 2010, in Atlanta.
This conference would bring together industry professionals to address all the aspects of the plastics packaging supply chain from product design to manufacture.
Blow molder Amcor Rigid Plastics, thermoformer Dordan Manufacturing and extruder Klockner Pentaplast Group are among the processors on the agenda.
The lineup also includes senior officials from such firms as GreenBlue, Sustainable Minds, FirstCarbon Solutions, Netstal Machinery, Innovationedge, Keller and Heckman, Brandimage — Desgrippes & Laga, Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions, UnaDyn, Packaging/Brody, Plastic Technologies and Shelton Group, among others.
JoAnn Hines, an Atlanta-area consultant will also join the programme and assess what happens ‘when green goes bad’.
The presenters will look at what sustainability means to brand owners, retailers and packaging companies. They will discuss the role of carbon footprinting and lifecycle analysis in packaging development and selection, explore new materials and process technologies that can reduce the environmental impact of plastics packaging production, assess the role of packaging design in ensuring sustainability targets are met, and suggest strategies for responsibly communicating sustainable gains to consumers.