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Packaging Waste Prevention and Minimisation – The Benefits for Business Presentation to Regional Forum Colm Munnelly Packaging Technology Adviser Repak Ltd. 13 th May 2008

Presentation 1. Packaging 2. Compliance with the Regulations 3. Repak 4. Optimisation Services 2

Section 1 Packaging

Packaging • Defined by EU and Irish legislation: “packaging shall mean all products made of any materials of any nature to be used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery and presentation of goods, from raw materials to processed goods, from the producer to the user or the consumer.” -EU Directive 94/62/EC, Article 3 4

Functions of Packaging • Containment • Protection (& Preservation) • Handling (& Delivery) • Sales (& Marketing) 5

Types of Packaging • Primary Packaging • Secondary Packaging • Tertiary Packaging 6

Primary Packaging • Primary or Sales Packaging is that which surrounds the product when it is sold to the final consumer. Soroka, 1996 7

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Secondary Packaging • Secondary or Grouped Packaging is that which is used to collate sales units for ease of handling in the selling environment. Soroka, 1996 9

Corrugated Trays / Boxes / Shrinkwrap 10

Tertiary Packaging • Tertiary or transport packaging is that which is used to facilitate handling and transport of a number of sales units or secondary packs, in order to prevent physical handling and transport damage. Soroka, 1996 11

12 Pallets / Stretchwrap

Input / Output Packaging • Input Packaging • Is removed by you or on your behalf • Reported in Section 1 of Repak stat. form Output Packaging • Is applied/supplied and/or imported by you or on your behalf • Reported in Section 2 of Repak stat. form 13

Section 2 Compliance with the Regulations

15 Waste Management Hierarchy

Packaging Legislation • EU Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste (now 2004/12/EC) • Ireland Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 1997 (now 2008) • Local Authority - Self Compliance • Repak - Group Compliance Scheme 16

How Do I Comply? Packaging Producer Major Producer Producer Compliance Scheme Self (e.g. Repak) Comply 17

Section 3 Repak

What is Repak? • Repak is Ireland’s first voluntary initiative between industry and the Department of Environment designed to meet industry’s producer responsibility obligations 19

Repak Optimisation Services • Advice on Packaging Technology • Packaging Optimisation Surveys • Training Programme • Information seminars • Research studies • www.preventandsave.ie 20

Section 4 Repak Packaging Optimisation Services

Packaging Optimisation Retail

Look for Reduce options Before Before After After Removal of all excess packaging layers particularly shrink wrap and cardboard covering sheet. 23

24 Same product, less packaging

25 Look for Reuse options

26 Returnable cages

Totes in cages (Only 50% utilised) 27

Variety of Pack Formats • Tomatoes • 10 different pack types • Best in Class = – 0.012g pkg/1g product • Heaviest = 0.51g pkg/1g product 28

29 Available Empty Boxes

30 O’Reilly’s Centra - Bunclody

Packaging Optimisation Manufacturing

32 Refill packs

33 New material / shape

34 Remove air

35 Remove Headspace - Cases

36 Gauge reduction - Cases

Optimise number of units per pallet 37

38 Optimise Pallet Volume

Summary • Packaging types • Compliance with the Regulations • The Repak route • Packaging Optimisation Service 39

Contact Colm.Munnelly@repak.ie Tel. 01 4619 237 Thank You. 40