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Achieving safe and sustainable food packaging: Where are we now?

September 28, 2023 Folium, Kalanderplatz 6, Zurich

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Sep 28, 2023    

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Folium
Kalanderplatz 6, Zurich

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On September 28, 2023, the Food Packaging Forum held its 11th annual workshop under the theme of achieving safe & sustainable food packaging and assessing where we are now. Featuring a diverse range of expert speakers representing different stakeholder groups, participants heard keynote presentations on the latest science and policy, discussed key questions in break-out groups, engaged in an in-depth panel discussion on reuse, and shared their perspectives and open questions. Over 170 registered participants from more than 20 different countries followed the event in person or virtually.

The Food Packaging Forum has been granted permission from the speakers to publish the keynote presentations and their accompanying slides. The keynote presentation recordings and their slides are available below. Check out the news articles for the morning session and afternoon session summarizing key messages from each of the presentations. The SwapCard virtual platform will remain open for registered participants to continue discussing with one another and networking. For any questions related to the workshop, please contact events(at)fp-forum.org.

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Talks

A vision for safe and sustainable food contact materials

Jane Muncke

Food Packaging Forum

Measuring environmental impacts of food packaging: UNEP's case studies

Claudia Giacovelli

United Nations Environment Program

A circular economy for food packaging: Learnings and way forward

Bahar Koyuncu

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The importance of science in EU policy

Malte Gallée

Member of the European Parliament

Putting a spotlight on PFAS

Martin Scheringer

ETH Zürich/Masaryk University/Food Packaging Forum

UN processes for plastics and chemicals: A view into the current state and outlook

Andrés Del Castillo

Center for International Environmental Law

Understanding the politics of environmental governance processes

Tim Forsyth

London School of Economics and Political Science

What is the Brand and Retailer Initiatives Database?

Joel Scheuchzer

Food Packaging Forum

How do food contact chemicals affect human health?

Birgit Geueke

Food Packaging Forum

Introducing the Food Contact Explorer

Lindsey Parkinson

Food Packaging Forum

Providing an overview of micro- and nanoplastics from food packaging

Lisa Zimmermann

Food Packaging Forum

What is the Understanding Packaging Scorecard?

Etienne Cabane

Food Packaging Forum

Safety by design: Roadmap to innovative, safe, and sustainable coating technologies

Lynn Grega

Sherwin-Williams

Implementation of innovative packaging & non-packaging approaches at Migros Industrie

Micaël Müller

Migros Industrie

Assessing NIAS in food packaging: Combining bioassays with chemical analysis

Maricel Marin-Kuan

Nestlé

Reusable food packaging in action: The case of Reusables.com

Anastasia Kiku

Reusables.com

Setting the scene for reuse: Opportunities and challenges for transforming food packaging

Dagny Tucker

Perpetual/Vessel Works

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