What You Will Learn in This Story:
- PMMI's Commitment to Sustainability
- How sustainability will receive center stage at PACK EXPO International
- The benefits of attending Packaging World’s Packaging Recycling Summit
PACK EXPO International 2024 is shaping up as another record-breaker, full of features that appeal across the entire packaging and processing spectrum. This year, we have increased the spotlight on sustainability as part of PMMI’s Focus on Sustainability. We recognize our industry responsibility to limit packaging’s environmental impact and improve sustainability across the supply chain. We took action with new and expanded show resources to help attendees and exhibitors lessen energy consumption, minimize waste, and reduce their overall carbon footprint. We’ve intentionally partnered with companies, exhibitors, and vendors to integrate sustainability into every component of PACK EXPO International, including educational programming, show features, and how we do business as the largest packaging and processing event this year.
Debuting at PACK EXPO International, Sustainability Central will be the center of our efforts. This show floor destination features actionable, sustainable solutions in manufacturing, materials, recovery, logistics, analytics, and design and offers over 20 educational sessions led by experts from Amazon, Conagra, Clorox, Dow, Nestle, the Consumer Brands Association, and other major industry players.
Additionally, Sustainability Central features exhibits from Virginia Tech, the University of Florida, Clemson University, PMMI Business Intelligence, and AMERIPEN, among others, sharing their latest planet-friendly innovations, research, and best practices.
As a testament to PMMI’s commitment to a seamless and productive trade show, we expanded PACK EXPO resources to help the expected 45,000 attendees find you, the exhibitors, showcasing sustainable solutions.
- For advanced online planning, attendees can use the Sustainability Solutions Finder, a professionally vetted and searchable tool, to locate exhibitors with environmentally friendly products and machinery. A kiosk is also located in Sustainability Central.
- On-site, the PACK EXPO Green icon identifies sustainable materials and machinery suppliers, and educational sessions are focused on sustainability. The online exhibitor directory has a complete list of current PACK EXPO Green exhibitors.
Additionally, PMMI worked with Dow, the Official Sustainability Partner and the Official Sponsor of Show Floor Recycling at PACK EXPO International, to minimize the event's environmental impact and divert as much waste as possible from landfills. PMMI is also proud to host PACK EXPO International 2024 at McCormick Place, recognized by independent third-party organizations such as LEED, APEX, Green Seal, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its innovative strategies to reduce its carbon footprint.
Learn more about PACK EXPO International’s Sustainability Commitment at packexpointernational.com.
Before PACK EXPO International and after a successful debut in Atlanta last fall, Packaging World’s Packaging Recycling Summit (PRS) will return to Anaheim, California this year. The JW Marriott Anaheim Resort will host the 2024 event from September 16-18, bringing together brands, retailers, packaging suppliers, reprocessors, and material recovery facilities (MRFs). To promote collaboration across the circular supply chain, the conference program will examine all links in the value chain, identify materials that can and will be recycled, and explore end-use markets for waste.
Nearly 400 packaging professionals attended the 2023 Packaging Recycling Summit, and attendee feedback underscored the value of bringing multiple stakeholders together under one roof.
Produced with the expertise of Packaging World editors and a robust advisory board, this year’s program includes experts from Nestlé, General Mills, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Google, Waste Management, and others in the sustainability supply chain. It is designed with an eye to ongoing and trending issues, such as sustainable package design, including reducing the climate impact, incorporating PCR, and fine-tuning design through MRF collaboration; a look at the pros and cons of various material choices; changing consumer behavior; updates on state regulations and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR); and creating end markets for recycled content.
