Packaging materials and printed paper account for nearly 50% of municipal solid waste in the U.S.

May 2, 2012 - PRLog -- Elizabeth Shoch of GreenBlue will address the challenges facing packaging companies in achieving end-of-life options in an Industry Intelligence i2live webinar relevant to all persons working in or with the packaging sector. To sign up for free, visit http://www.i2live.net

Industry Intelligence Inc., a market intelligence and information management company serving the forest products, packaging, and food and beverage industries, today announced an upcoming free webinar on Thursday, May 10, with Elizabeth Shoch of GreenBlue. This event Sustainable Packaging: Will we ever close the loop? is open for registration now at the i2live website, http://www.i2live.net

As a measure of sustainability performance, packaging’s end-of-life fate has become a topic of great interest to the packaging industry. Accordingly, Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for packaging are attracting attention in the U.S. Material recovery is also a highly visible issue to the general public and a financial burden to local and state governments. Despite this high level of interest, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 2009, packaging materials and printed paper represented, by weight, just under half of all the municipal solid waste generated in the U.S. Where is the disconnect?

GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition is partnering with Industry Intelligence to present a complimentary webcast on this topic, covering the latest research findings from the Closing the Loop project. This webcast session is designed to add extra insights to the original presentation given at the Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2012, with a focus on material value recovery systems. This webcast will be presented by Liz Shoch, Closing the Loop Project Lead of GreenBlue’s Sustainable Package Coalition and a featured speaker at the Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2012. This presentation will benefit all companies along the packaging supply chain who are interested in sustainability, good stewardship of materials, learning from the experiences of others, and who see value in “waste.”

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i2live is the events unit of Industry Intelligence Inc. i2live brings together business leaders to address issues that cut across industries and market sectors especially forest products, packaging and food and beverage. Through online events and interactive conference programming, i2live helps businesses make sense of industry trends and capitalize on emerging opportunities. For more information visit www.i2live.net.

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