Fact sheets
Packaging Federation – The UK Packaging Manufacturing
Industry
– a brief for MPs and Peers
Our industry employs some 85,000 people in the UK – representing 3% of the UK
manufacturing industry workforce – and has sales in excess of £14 Billion… Download
the pdf
INCPEN – Why Packaging
Without packaging, much food and many goods would be damaged
or spoiled before they got to us. In less developed countries
without the sophisticated distribution and packaging systems
that we have in the UK, as much as 50% of food never reaches
consumers… https://incpen.org/carbon-footprinting-lca/
Packaging Federation – The Paradox of Packaging
It has to be said, packaging gets a lot of bad press. Whether
it’s plastic bags at
supermarkets or over-packaged items using an array of plastic and cardboard,
most
people have a pet hate linked to packaging… Download
the pdf
INCPEN – Carbon Footprinting and Lifecycle
Assessment
Lifecycle assessment (LCA) quantifies the environmental burdens
associated with a product, process or activity over its entire
lifecycle, from production of the raw materials to disposal
at end of life… https://incpen.org/carbon-footprinting-lca/
INCPEN – Lifecycle Thinking – the benefits
When manufacturers want to introduce a new product or service,
or improve the performance of an existing one, they need to examine
its environmental impact. This means understanding how it relates
to the environment throughout its life. One way to do this is
to apply Lifecycle Thinking LCT… https://incpen.org/lifecycle-thinking-the-benefits/
INCPEN – Too Much Packaging?
Packaging ensures that people can buy and use products when they want them, in good condition and with little wastage. However, many people think there is too much of it. Everybody has a view on what’s excessive…https://incpen.org/too-much-packaging/
INCPEN – (Using) Less Packaging
Reductions in the amount of packaging used – "lightweighting”
– didn’t start when environmental awareness emerged… https://incpen.org/using-less-packaging/
INCPEN – Responsible Packaging
Companies have a commercial interest in packaging goods responsibly… https://incpen.org/responsible-packaging/
INCPEN – Waste Management
Managing waste is necessary to ensure that it does not pose a
risk to health or the environment. In the past we mostly buried
our waste in the ground but today the aim is to reduce the amount
we send to landfill and to recover value from as much as possible… https://incpen.org/waste-management/
Packaging Federation – Packaging and the Environment
A PowerPoint presentation highlighting the “Inconvenient Truths” of packaging. Download
the presentation
Packaging Federation – Science and Innovation
in Packaging
A PowerPoint presentation highlighting the “Inconvenient Truths”
of packaging. Download
the presentation
Advisory Committee on Packaging – Packaging
in Perspective
This publication has been produced to provide facts about the much discussed
subject of packaging recovery and recycling. It aims to provide the public and
others with an outline of what the UK has achieved and what is being done. It
is not generally recognised that businesses… Download
the pdf
Packaging Federation – Putting “packaging”
into context – Seven packaging “pillars of wisdom”
The primary role of packaging is to protect and preserve the product. Reducing
packaging may increase product wastage and reduce product hygiene – with environmental
impacts much greater than that of the packaging “saved”… Download
the pdf
Packaging Federation – The Role of Packaging
in Society
A PowerPoint presentation highlighting the role of modern packaging
in society. Download
the presentation
Packaging is not just about having too much
Two short videos about the importance of packaging. Courtesy
of Elipso.
Download video 1 (File size 9.5MB)
Download video 2 (File size 6MB)
The Shopper's Nightmare
A video about how we can't manage without packaging. Courtesy
of Tetrapak.
Download the video (File size 35MB)
