Packaging industry webinar series commences 24 April

As a part of its educational program for 2024, the AIP State of Industry Update webinar series will provide details pertaining to important packaging-related topics.

The first webinar in the series on 24 April will be discussing updates from the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), the latest with the Check Locally and ARL program, the Federal Government plans for Mandating Packaging Design Standards and what you need to know, new material and recycling statistics for the industry, and more. AIP’s guest speaker will be Chris Foley, Chief Executive Officer, APCO.

The second webinar in the series on 15 May with GS1 Australia will include discussions on the National Framework for Recycled Content Traceability, the future of 2D and QR codes, the Packaging Catalogue and the Packaging passport. The presentation will focus on the importance of identification, common language, standards and registries to share information; current application across the product lifecycle, with a focus on the importance of traceability at the early manufacturing stages with a run-through of a case study into the plastics traceability guideline, developed by the plastics equipment manufacturing sector for that sector in Germany.

Attendees will attain Certified Professional Development (CPD) points towards the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation.

More information about how to register for the webinar is available here.