PACK EXPO To Offer Sustainable Information Center

ARLINGTON, Va.—PMMI is adding a new, interactive educational feature to PACK EXPO International 2008 (co-located with CPP EXPO), which will be held Nov. 9-13, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

The educational center is designed to give packagers and their supply chain partners insight into implementing sustainability practices—a central component of this year’s show, with the theme of “Change, Innovation and Sustainability.”

The Sustainable Packaging Scorecard Information Center will also present a daily schedule of live presentations on the scorecard at 10:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm, and a display of packages CPG companies have restaged to conserve energy and materials.

Staffing the Sustainable Packaging Scorecard Information Center will be representatives of Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM®), Environmental Packaging International (EPI), Packaging Knowledge Group (PKG) and Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions (PTIS).

In keeping with the show theme, more than 500 exhibitors will display a green PACK EXPO icon in their booths, indicating that sustainability is a major element in their PACK EXPO presence. In addition, Amy Zettlemoyer-Lazar, packaging director, Sam’s Club and co-manager of Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Value Network will deliver a special Sunday afternoon (1:00–1:40 pm, Room S-105a) keynote presentation, “Keeping Score: How Wal-Mart and its Suppliers Continue to Advance Packaging Change, Innovation and Sustainability.”