Press Releases
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- 03/08/2010 Packaging 2020: Responsibility for packaging waste under review - International seminar, 6 October 2010
- Brussels, 2 August 2010 – The future development of responsibility for packaging waste management is the subject of an international seminar in Brussels on 6 October 2010. The seminar, Packaging 2020: Cradle to Cradle Management, jointly sponsored by EUROPEN and PRO EUROPE will bring experts... more >
- 30/06/2010 Consumer Goods Companies Tackle Packaging and Sustainability
- The Consumer Goods Forum initiative releases global framework measurement system for trading partners Paris, 30th June, 2010. The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to release the first report from its Sustainability workstream. The report, A Global Language for Packaging and... more >
- 01/02/2010 New Staff Appointmnent at EUROPEN
- Brussels, 1 February 2010. EUROPEN, The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Virginia Janssens as EU Affairs Manager. In this capacity Virginia will be responsible for the monitoring and reporting of all EU legislation and policy... more >
- 27/01/2010 Retailers and Manufacturers join forces to drive global change in packaging
- Global project on packaging and sustainability enters pilot phase In an ongoing effort to drive global change in packaging, leaders from many of the world’s largest consumer goods companies and major retailers have approved a suggested set of common definitions and principles for packaging... more >
- 08/12/2009 Work to Begin on International Packaging and Environment Standards
- Brussels, 8 December 2009 – Work on development of international standards for packaging and the environment will begin at a meeting in Stockholm this Thursday and Friday 10 and 11 December. More than 70 delegates are expected to attend the meeting with experts from China, Japan, Korea and the... more >
