Creation of International Packaging Standards Underway

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Experts from 15 countries are meeting this week to begin developing standards to cover environmental issues related to packaging such as reuse, recycling and composting. The gathering will focus on seven standards covering source reduction, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, chemical recovery, composting and biodegrading.

Stockholm, Sweden — Experts from 15 countries are meeting this week to begin developing standards to cover environmental issues related to packaging such as reuse, recycling and composting.

About 70 delegates from China, Japan, Korea, the United States and 11 European countries are meeting in Sweden for the first gathering for the SC4 Packaging and Environment committee.

The group is part of the International Standards Organization's (ISO) Technical Committee 122, which is responsible for all packaging standards.  The gathering will focus on seven standards covering source reduction, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, chemical recovery, composting and biodegrading.

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