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Single Use Plastics Directive – Friend or Foe?

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5/27/2020

11 AM EDT

Mike will introduce the Single Use Plastics Directive from its origins, key objectives, its rapid and unprecedented move through the legislative process and the challenge to our sector as it morphs into focussing on all Single Use products. Mike will talk about the advocacy efforts of the European fibre packaging sector in countering some of the unexpected consequences of the Single Use Plastics Directive – such as cellulose being defined as a polymer and hence falling into the scope of the Directive

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Presented by

Mike Turner
Managing Director,
European Carton Makers Association

Mike Turner is the Managing Director of the European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) who are the ‘voice’ of the European carton sector, representing 500 companies with 50,000 staff. Mr Turner joined ECMA in September 2019 from Graphic Packaging International, where he served as Managing Director of their EMEA Foodservice Packaging business. Prior to that, Mr Turner spent 14 years with International Paper, working in positions of increasing responsibility culminating in the position of Managing Director of their EMEA Foodservice Packaging Business and Senior Lead Team member of their Global Foodservice Packaging Business. Prior to that, Mr Turner spent 10 years with M-Real, a large Scandinavian paper mill and merchant group. Mr Turner has also served 4 years as President and Chairman of the Brussels based ‘Pack2Go’ representing manufacturers of packaging for food & beverages ‘to go’. Mr Turner serves on the Board of ‘First Steps’ which is a UK based family & child support Charity

How it Works

If you’d like to ask a question…

  • On your desktop, you can type in a question at any time in the Q&A function (anonymous questions can be asked) which can be seen only by the host until answered

If you’d like the chance to speak on a topic…

  • On your desktop, raise your hand as indicated on the bottom of your screen. Once speaking permission is granted you can unmute yourself and begin to make your statement
  • If dialed in from phone, select *9 to raise your hand in the conversation, once permission is granted, press *6 to unmute yourself

Once you have made your statement, the host will remove your speaking permission to allow others the opportunity to share their position.

Antitrust Reminder

Rules & Regulations

All questions and comments must abide by the PPC Antitrust Policy.

DO Talk About:

  • Keeping employees safe.
  • How to work through regulations to keep operating as an essential business. What has been successful and what hasn’t?
  • What ways you have found to keep the workflows operating.
    • Ex: when you cannot physically hand the sample between people
  • Other best practices to make boxes during this disruption.
  • What you have learned about yourself as a leader.

DON’T Talk About:

  • I am considering adding/subtracting workers, overtime, or shifts…
  • I am shifting work between facilities or outsourcing…
  • I expect volume or the market to increase/decrease…
  • I am buying more or less of a certain substrate or product…

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