New ISO world standards on packaging and environment mark beginning of a new era in global manufacturing and distribution

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 and with great enthousiasm in the plenary meeting of ISO Committee TC122/SC4 Packaging and Environment, which took place at the COEX Conference Centre in the South Korean capital Seoul. Previous meetings were held in Atlanta, Tokyo, Beijing and Stockholm (where the work started in 2009).
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