Leadership and Governance
RPTA Product Stewardship Task Force
RPTA's Product Stewardship and Environmental Task Force promotes knowledge of regulatory requirements and responsible care for the safety and health of users of recycled paperboard products and consumers of products packaged in recycled paperboard. The Task Force accomplishes this through appropriate technical discussions, literature dissemination, training sessions, and research projects into the raw materials, and the methods and processes by which recycled paperboard products are produced.
This Task Force also oversees activities to maintain the "RPTA Comprehensive Program for Food-Contact Paperboard Made from Recycled Fiber." In addition, the Task Force promotes environmental compliance and stewardship.
Product Stewardship and Environmental Task Force Officers:
Chair
Susan Quick
WestRockVice Chair
Aaron Edelstein
Graphic Packaging International
LATEST NEWS
2023 Industry Profile Study
The 2023 Industry Profile Study includes 209 grade samples off 65 paper machines at 47 RPTA-member mills, with a targeted report release in September. Members can access reports from prior years at this member-only page.
2023 P-T Seminar
Presentations and recordings from the April Production-Technical Seminar are available to RPTA members only at this web page. Topics are Safer Operations, Fiber Recovery Optimization, Process Data Best Practices, and Wet End Operations
UPCOMING EVENTS
Summer 2023 Webinar
On Thursday, July 20th at 2:00 PM Eastern time. Treatment Technologies for Wastewater Reuse
Presented by Everett Gill and Kristen Jenkins of Brown and Caldwell Engineering, and moderated by Bill Doerr, Grief’s Corporate Environmental Manager. Intended for general managers and environmental professionals interested in how they might reduce the concentration of one or more chemicals in white water and/or effluent.
Use this link to register for this free member-only webinar.
2023 RPTA Fall Roundtable
SAVE THE DATE
The annual member-only event will be held October 18 and 19 in Kalamazoo, Michigan
This year’s Roundtable will include a tour of the new Graphic Packaging International mill in Kalamazoo.