Episode #25: Match your packaging design for recycling and beyond, such as for food safety!

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Episode #25: Podcast Show Notes

Introduction

Do you know how to design packaging for recycling? Are you curious to learn about award-winning packaging? Have you already heard about the World Packaging Organisation and the Australian Institute of Packaging?

In this episode, 

• you will learn about easy-to-read guides and mapping that are like bridges between the materials recovery facilities and the technologists, designers for brands, and manufacturers.

• you will discover as well where to find, across the world, the most inspirational packaging designs in the sustainable, food-safe, eCommerce, or marketing category, for example… and, maybe, even apply as one of them! 

Be ready to be surprised with astonishing best practices outside the box! For sure, this episode confirms that you can see innovative packaging design everywhere in the world no matter if you are a big company or an individual! 

After this interview, I bet you will dig at least into one of the resources recommended. Nerida has a knack for arousing curiosity! 

Resources mentioned and recommended in this episode

• The guide “Packaging Design for Recycling. A Global Recommendation for Circular Packaging Design”: https://worldpackaging.org/Uploads/2021-10/ResourcePDF37_1635406572.pdf 

• The Waste Stream Mapping Guides by Country: https://worldpackaging.org/wpo/45/ 

• The “How to Use Guide”: https://worldpackaging.org/Uploads/HowToUseGuide1.pdf 

• The WorldStar Packaging Awards of the WPO: https://www.worldstar.org/ 

• PIDA Awards | Sustainable Packaging Case Studies: http://aipack.com.au/pida-awards-sustainable-packaging-case-studies/ 

• Australia’s first Industry Insight Reports for the Save Food Packaging Design, February 2021: http://aipack.com.au/aip-undertook-australias-first-industry-insight-reports-for-save-food-packaging-design/ :

  • “Save Food Packaging Design Criteria. Stakeholder Online Survey of Product-Packaging Design Processes”: http://aipack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/FFWCRC121_SFPDC_OnlineSurveyReport_final-25.11.20_v3.pdf 

  • “Save Food Packaging Design Criteria. Stakeholder Interviews of Product-Packaging Design Processes”: http://aipack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/FFWCRC121_SFPDC_InterviewIndustryReport_V2_reduced.pdf 

• The work of the Climate Action NGO, Wrap, in UK: https://wrap.org.uk/ 

• The work of The Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre, in Australia: https://fightfoodwastecrc.com.au/

• Nerida suggested to watch the engaged and approachable films produced by the celebrated naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

• Colienne mentioned the visit of the Dragon Rouge team to a recycling facility: listen to episode 13 with Hélène Piette: https://www.look4loops.com/packaging-podcast/ep13-branding-sustainable-design-communication

• Colienne mentioned Sebastien in episode 21 explaining the importance of the need and function and not only the material: https://www.look4loops.com/packaging-podcast/ep21-seaweed-alternative-to-single-use-plastic

• Nerida mentioned the results of a recycling study on cartonboard assuring that cartons can be recycled more than 25 times: See “Recyclability of Cartonboard and Carton.”, Dr Rene Eckhart, Technische Universität Graz, Translation of study in ‘Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation 11/2021’, December 2021: https://www.procarton.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/25-Loops-Study-English-v3.pdf

• The burning question came from Episode #22: How to envision a sustainable future for the paper packaging supply chain? with Lee-Ann Unger of Canopy

Where to find Nerida and the World Packaging Organisation

• The website of the World Packaging Organisation: https://worldpackaging.org/

• Their social media:

  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wpo-world-packaging-organization-387a3415a/

  • https://twitter.com/WorldPackOrg1

  • https://www.facebook.com/wpoorganisation/

• The LinkedIn profile of Nerida Kelton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neridakelton/
  

About Nerida Kelton from the World Packaging Organisation

Nerida Kelton is the Vice President Sustainability & Save Food at the World Packaging Organisation (WPO)

Nerida has worked in the Packaging industry for close to 25 years and holds the Executive Director position at the Australian Institute of Packaging which is the peak professional body for packaging training & education in Australasia.

Nerida is passionate about educating the industry on the important role that packaging plays in minimizing Food Waste and how designing Save Food Packaging can make a difference. She is also one of the creators of the annual Xmas Foodbank hamper program which is designed to help those who are vulnerable and in need. The volunteer program has packed over 14,0000 hampers to the value of over $1 Million AUD over the last 11 years. She is the lead for the Save Food Packaging Consortium project within the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre and was the packaging representative on DAWE’s National Food Waste Strategy Steering Committee.

Nerida is also committed to helping educate and train packaging professionals on the importance of sustainable and circular packaging design and recognizing best practices in this area.

Podcast music

Special thanks to Joachim Regout who made the jingle. Have a look at his work here.

I am happy to bring a sample of our strong bonds on these sound waves. Since I was a child, he made me discover a wide range of music of all kinds. I am also delighted he is a nature lover and shares the Look4Loops 'out of the box philosophy'. He is an inspiring source of creativity for me.