RPTA Resources
RPTA provides its members with a vast array of resources from educational programs and whitepapers to training modules. We have provided you with a few samples of RPTA's work to demonstrate the value we provide to our members and the industry:
RPTA Press
Members regularly receive RPTA Press, a newsletter with Board and Task Force updates, industry, education and research news and information from partner organizations.
Select publications
Over the years, the work of RPTA has provided its member companies and the industry up-to-date information and research in areas key to advancing the efficiency and reliability of the recycling process. These publications cover a wide variety of topics associated with making recycled paperboard products.
Here are a few samples of RPTA's work:
LATEST NEWS
RPTA Announces 2021 Scholarship Recipients
Click here for details.
2021 Industry Profile Study
Registration has been completed for the 2021 Annual Physical Properties Benchmarking Study and sampling is in process.
Information and forms for participants are available at this member-only site.
Members can access the Profile Study reports from prior years by clicking here.
Winter Webinar Provided to Members
January 27, 2021
Winder Safety, with presentations by Scott Springmier and Jack Corbett – both experienced Valmet managers. Presentation slides and webinar recording are available at this member-only site.
RPTA Continues to Certify Member Mills
RPTA continues the certification program first implemented in 2018 for RPTA member mills. RPTA uses a rigorous auditing process conducted by NSF to assure brand owners that products produced by certified RPTA member companies are suited for direct food contact packaging applications. For more information, click here.
For a complete list of certified mills, click here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
RPTA 2021 P-T Seminar is Going Virtual
The Seminar is going virtual this year and will be held May 4 and 5, 2021, as an integral part of TappiCon Virtual 2021. RPTA’s content can be viewed here
Please click here to see the full TAPPI program available.
RPTA Scholarship
RPTA is offering $100 scholarships, for up to 20 attendees per RPTA member company. This is in addition to TAPPI’s group discount.
Detailed registration, scholarship and group discount information is available here.
Please be advised that RPTA will not participate in TappiCon 2021 Live next fall. Instead, RPTA will focus on RPTA’s annual Fall Roundtable.
2021 Summer Webinar
The Operating Board will host a webinar on Brown Fiber Re-Pulping and Reject Handling Best Practices on July 21, 2021, presented by Steven Johnson from Kadant Black Clawson.
As in the past, RPTA members will receive multiple emails regarding webinar and registration information, starting a few months ahead of the webinar.
2021 Fall Roundtable
Our in-person Roundtable is tentatively planned for October 6 & 7, 2021 in the Greater Atlanta Area, followed by a mill tour of Greif’s Sweetwater mill in Austell, Georgia.
Topic: Water Reuse in Recycle Boxboard and Containerboard Mills – Challenges and Solutions
RPTA will update this page as seminar and accommodation plans are finalized.