Packaging is the ‘green’ answer says Europen

 
 
The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (Europen) has published a green paper on packaging and sustainability.
The document, which reflects the opinions of the global packaging chain, concludes that packaging should be seen as part of the solution in achieving a resource-efficient society.

Representatives of environmental NGOs, the European Commission, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, retailers and retailer trade associations and Europen’s corporate members were among those that contributed.

Europen’s managing director, Julian Carroll, said: “The Green Paper, which brought together the opinions of broad sectors of society, not just industry, will serve Europen and hopefully other stakeholders as a reference point in further discussions about Packaging and Sustainability.

“Packaging is part of the solution, not part of a problem, in achieving a resource efficient society, and this paper will support us to deliver that message to consumers, policy makers and key opinion formers.”

According to Europen, participants recognised the essential contribution to sustainable production and consumption that packaging makes by helping reduce product waste and protect resources while acknowledging that packaging consumes resources along all the stages of the supply chain.