Up-Coming Courses, Webinars & Tradeshows MARCH 2023 WPO Webinar: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Programs from across the globe WHEN: 14 March 2023 WHERE: Online WHAT: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging is gaining global attention and adoption. This brings to the forefront the need to harmonise EPR across diverse regions, especially given the global interconnectedness of the economy and consumer packaged goods markets. There are many different approaches to the strategy, and many go beyond providing for end-of-life services to promote responsible product design, infrastructure improvements and market development. Effective EPR is often seen as a necessary piece of the puzzle in addressing the current recycling challenges and concern over single-use packaging waste. EPR schemes aim to encourage producers to change design at the start to ensure that the materials and packaging are truly recyclable and recovered at end of life. The intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) definition of Extended Producer Responsibility identifies two specific features: the shifting of responsibility for disposal ‘upstream’ from municipalities to producers and encouragement through incentives to make the design of products more environmentally friendly. This webinar will seek to better understand what EPR really looks like in Europe, Germany, India and The United Kingdom including the revised EU Packaging & Packaging Waste (PPW) Directive, EPR legislations, eco modulation and other product stewardship programs that are working successfully. EPR programs differ around the world and this webinar will help to show you how various countries and regions * = 1 .5 are working towards lowering environmental impacts of their materials and packaging and CPP PTS ensuring that we have packaging that is circular by design. By attending this session you will be able to find out more about what is working and steps towards a more harmonised approach to EPR globally. The panellists will also share tips to improve EPR programs and discuss the barriers and challenges that they have experienced establishing an EPR program in their region. MODERATOR:
SPEAKERS:
Antro Säilä Dr Priyank Arya Nerida Kelton MAIP President - EPIC Vice President Vice President Sustainability & Save Food European Packaging Institutes' Consortium Waste Management & Recycling Society (WMARS) World Packaging Organisation (WPO) Founder Director - EHS Services Executive Director – Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) Chairman - Rinki, the Finnish Packaging Recycling Company Chairman - Scandinavian Packaging Association
Vivian Loftin Vice President Co-Founder Recyda
Joseph Doherty Managing Director Re-Gen Waste
2023 Australasian Packaging Conference WHEN: 28 - 29 March 2023 WHERE: Crown Promenade, Melbourne Eligible WHAT: The AIP Australasian Packaging Conference will be for CPP held in person in March 2023. This will be the first Points time since the pandemic that we have been able to run this important industry event in real life. 2023 is also a very special year for the AIP in that we will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Institute. The 2023 AIP Australasian Packaging Conference will be held at the Crown Promenade, Melbourne on the 28th & 29th of March and will be designed to deliver a two-day educational program that will cover a broad range of topics relating to the theme 2025 & BEYOND.
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