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Published: July 15, 2022
Updated: July 15, 2022

Seminar to promote responsible packaging

Foundation for Innovative Packaging and Sustainability (FIPS) has organised ‘RESPACK-2022’, an international conference on ‘Responsible Packaging’ (Optimal Design, Innovative Materials, Sustainable Technology) for the first time in India at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi, on September 9 and 10.

According to Prof Dr NC Saha, founder- chairman of FIPS, the theme of the conference was conceptualised after realising the fact that non-collection of post-consumer plastic packaging waste causes environmental pollution and is mainly due to the lack of responsibility by all stakeholders, including consumers. Hence, there is a need to analyse and understand in-depth about responsible package design, responsible materials and responsible recycling technology which would play a significant role in terms of collection, segregation and recycling of post-consumer packaging waste to mitigate environmental pollution. In fact, optimal design of any plastics packaging material plays a significant role while making the structural design of plastics packaging material.

Paper and paper board are an important packaging media which are recyclable and biodegradable, but there is a need to have innovative coating technology to enhance a barrier property against moisture and gas. Similarly, metal containers are required to have less thickness of tin coating to comply with sustainability. A lot of development has also occurred in the field of printing inks, pre-press technology and printing technology. All these aspects need to be disseminated among stakeholders.