{"id":14778,"date":"2009-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20090126-01n"},"modified":"2009-03-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T22:00:00","slug":"international-conference-on-sustainable-packaging-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/international-conference-on-sustainable-packaging-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"International Conference on sustainable packaging solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The discussion about environmental protection, recycling and resource shortages during the last few years have enhanced the search for &#8220;sustainable packaging solutions&#8221;. The conference on sustainable packaging at March 12th in Cologne in the course of the Anuga Foodtec aims at giving the participants an overview of the political framework, market developments, influencing factors, new options and ecological assessments.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>nova-Institut GmbH (Huerth, Germany) is organizing the conference on sustainable packaging together with Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut e.V. (Berlin, Germany), Fraunhofer UMSICHT (Oberhausen, Germany) and Stiftung Arbeit und Umwelt (Hannover, Germany). The congress will focus on the following topics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sustainable resource base for packaging<\/li>\n<li>ecological assessments of food packaging<\/li>\n<li>current political discussions regarding sustainability and packaging<\/li>\n<li>new material options including bioplastics and other biomaterials<\/li>\n<li>sustainable packaging concepts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Programme<\/b><br \/>We are pleased to present the following themes and speakers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Future resource supply for the packaging industry<\/i><br \/>09:00 Michael Carus, nova-Institut GmbH, H\u00fcrth: Future raw materials for the packaging industry<br \/>09:30 Bob Hogan, ZIP-Pak, Manteno\/USA: Sustainabillity in packaging<br \/>10:00 Dr. Kerstin R\u00f6hrich, Deutsche Materialeffizienzagentur demea, Berlin: Material efficiency as the easiest form of resource preservation<br \/>10:30 coffee break<\/li>\n<li><i>Sustainable packaging concepts in the retail<\/i><br \/>11:00 Roland Rex, Moritz J. Weig GmbH &#038; Co. KG, Mayen: Packaging made of paper, cardboard &#038; paperboard &#8211; simply sustainable<br \/>11:30 Dr. Heike Schiffler, TetraPack, Germany-Switzerland, Hochheim: Sustainability of an established packaging<br \/>12:00 Hilka Bergmann, EHI Retail Institute, K\u00f6ln: Sustainable packaging concepts on the market<br \/>12:30 Matthias Giebel, Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut e.V. \/ Berndt&#038;Partner Packaging Consultants, Berlin: Sustainability-Leader of the branded article and packaging industry<br \/>13:00 lunch break with buffet<br \/>14:00 Philipp Depiereux, alesco GmbH &#038; Co. KG, Langerwehe: Green future strategies with and for transparency packaging: Saving resources, preventing emissions, reduction and balancing of CO<sub>2<\/sub>-output<\/li>\n<li><i>Packaging industry: Market overview bioplastics and paper<\/i><br \/>14:30 J\u00f6ran Reske, european bioplastics e.V., Berlin: Market overview bioplastics &#8211; producers, applications and markets<br \/>15:00 Andy Sweetman, Innovia Films Ltd., Wigton\/UK: Democratising the use of the bioplastics in food-packaging<br \/>15:30 Carmen Michels, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Oberhausen: Recycling of bioplastics<br \/>16:00 coffee break<br \/>16:30 Dr. Christian Bonten, FKUR Kunststoff GmbH, Willich: Bioplastics-innovations for packages<br \/>17:00 Alan Heath, CEE Packaging, Poland: Packaging in the recession<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We offer simultaneous translation (German to and from English)<\/p>\n<p>You will find more information, the programme as well as the registration form at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-packaging.de\/\" >www.sustainable-packaging.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>The discussion about environmental protection, recycling and resource shortages during the last few years have enhanced the search for &#8220;sustainable packaging solutions&#8221;. 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