Thursday May 24th, 2012 marks the beginning of a new era in global manufacturing and distribution, where the environmental aspects of packaging throughout the supply and recycle chain will already be taken into account in the packaging design process.
At 14.20 hrs Seoul time on that day, the final texts of the ISO world standards on packaging and the environment were released for translation and publication in October later this year. The decision was taken unanimously.
The standards address Optimization of the packaging system, Reuse, Material recycling, Energy recovery and Composting, as well as the way these aspects of each package are related to each other before and after its use. Every responsible retailer, manufacturer and packaging supplier can implement the standards in their management system and thereby take responsibility for their specific part in the sustainable innovation of packages, packaged products, retail and recycling.
