BASF, Other Companies Join Ameripen

BASF, Nova Chemicals, Crown Holdings, Charter NEX Films and Scholle have joined the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment.

Ameripen works to educate policy makers and other stakeholders about the economic, environmental and social value of packaging.

Last year Ameripen published a white paper that identified the three top strategies for increasing recovery rates and sustaining financing for collection and recovery in waste management systems: unit-based pricing, also known as pay as you throw (PAYT), disposal bans, and recycling mandates.

The white paper, Ameripen Analysis of Strategies and Financial Platforms to Increase the Recovery of Used Packaging, says these three strategies can collectively help shift consumer practices away from waste disposal and towards recycling and other recovery strategies.