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| 2010-08-01 | Victor Bell featured in URI magazine - EPI president Victor Bell was profiled in the Summer 2010 Sustainability Issue of URI's Quad Angles magazine. Read the article in Quad Angles . | |
| 2010-07-26 | EPI Greens New Office Building - On June 18, Environmental Packaging International (EPI) moved into its brand-new 2,900 square-foot “green” office building next to its previous offices in the heart of picturesque downtown Jamestown, RI. Built according to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED standards, the new building is helping EPI minimize its environmental impact by reducing waste, water use, and energy use. Read the full press release . |  |
| 2010-07-01 | EPI work featured in McDonald's Best Practices - EPI worked with HAVI Global Solutions to build a packaging design evaluation tool for individual packaging as well as an environmental impact tool for the whole packaging portfolio. The tools provide environmental information when designing new packaging and give insight to the environmental impact of design changes on the overall packaging portfolio. The tools were featured in a McDonald's case study. | |
| 2010-05-20 | EPI labeling tips featured in Packaging World - For several months, packaging suppliers have been eagerly submitting their products’ sustainability claims to third-party reviewers for the Greener Package Product Database to ensure they meet the Guidelines to Sustainability Claims. Read the article in Packaging World . | |
| 2010-05-20 | Catherine Goodall speaks to IOPP Sustainability audience - Ms. Goodall presented to IOPP's Sustainable Packaging Technical Committee at their meeting in Chicago, giving an update on EPR legislative activity, retailer scorecards, and environmental labeling and claims. For more information about the SPTC, visit their site. | |
| 2010-05-17 | Catherine Goodall to speak at ICGA Symposium - Ms. Goodall will address the International Chewing Gum Association at their annual meeting on May 27th, 2010 in New York. She will present on life-cycle thinking and its implications for sustainable packaging design and labeling. | |
| 2010-03-16 | EPI in the News - EPI's Victor Bell is quoted in an article featuring Frito-Lay's new compostable chip bag. The article appeared in yesterday's Packaging Strategies, and can be read here. | |
| 2010-03-15 | Are packaging fees inevitable in the U.S.? EPI is featured in a recent Plastics Today article discussing the possiblity of extended producer responsibility for packaging in the US. Read the full article | |
| 2010-02-23 | EPI and ECRM Release redipoint, a Web-based Data Management Solution - Environmental Packaging International (EPI) and Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM®) announce the launch of redipoint, a new comprehensive web-based data management solution to ensure compliance with global packaging, electronics, batteries and other product stewardship regulations and retailer requirements. Read the full press release | |
| 2010-02-09 | Marci Recher speaks at the Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit - Ms. Recher gave a perspective on the demand side issues affecting bio-based materials in a speech entitled "Overview of Retailer Scorecards, End-of-Life Infrastructure Issues and Environmental Regulations that Impact Biopolymer Packaging."View conference website | |
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