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The Packaging Council of New Zealand is calling for entries for the 2011 Environmental Packaging Awards which recognises the outstanding efforts New Zealand is making towards sustainable packaging.
The Environmental Packaging Awards not only bring recognition to organisations succeeding in this area, but also raise further awareness of the need to get on the right track and move towards sustainable packaging.
Executive director of the Packaging Council, Paul Curtis says: “The number of categories has been revised this year to ensure each award is more focused on the different stages of sustainable packaging, from design right through the supply chain to the end product and further on to packaging education programmes.
“These awards are an excellent opportunity for an organisation to receive recognition for working towards a more sustainable environment and we’re looking forward to seeing many more organisations getting involved.”
Winners of past ceremonies have included captains of industry through to small enterprises and community groups.
Entries close on May 31, 2011. All entries will be judged by an independent panel of experts.
A gala evening and awards ceremony will be held at Auckland’s Hilton Hotel on September 2.
Each category is described below. For more information on the awards visit www.packaging.org.nz
| Scion Award for conceptual design by a tertiary student | This category is directed at young designers at tertiary level only and the designs need not be in commercial production. The judges will be looking for innovation in functional environmental design and will particularly reward packaging designs which solve problems for which no or few solutions currently exist. |
| Fonterra award for schools educational programmes encouraging reduce/reuse/recycling | This category is for school’s educational programmes that encourage the concepts of ‘reduce, re-use, recycle’. The winning school will receive a $1000 prize. |
| Cadbury award for community education programmes | This category is particularly targeted at brand-owners and retailers which have, either individually or collectively, undertaken effective public promotion programmes which, through key messages on product or through promotion or media coverage, encourage the consumer to consider, prior to purchase, their role in minimising the environmental impact of packaging. |
| Foodstuffs award for packaging design which incorporates sustainability principles | The fundamental purpose of packaging is to prevent more waste than it creates. This category recognises the contribution of packaging as being an integral part of the life cycle of the product and is calling for packaging which demonstrates reduction of the overall environmental impact of the product and/or packaging. |
| Sutton Group award for supply chain influence on packaging systems (providing positive environmental outcomes) | This category recognises initiatives where the supply chain influence on packaging systems has provided positive environmental outcomes. |
| Aperio Group award for excellence in packaging product stewardship programmes | This category recognises excellence in packaging product stewardship where there has been a strategic intent to reposition the company, product category or brand, by formally engaging in a programme or scheme which could include gaining external accreditation. |
| Lion Nathan Foods award for an employee who has championed environmental issues and driven change | This category is for recognition of an employee who has championed environmental issues and driven change within an organisation. |
| Packaging Council of New Zealand supreme award | The supreme award recognises that entry considered by the judges to represent the greatest contribution towards environmental excellence. |
The Packaging Council of New Zealand is a non-profit organisation which aims to minimise the environmental impact of packaging by championing cost effective, sustainable solutions and product stewardship. The Packaging Council of New Zealand actively supports and collaborates with the government and other businesses to gain information and promote new initiatives to achieve sustainable environmental benefits.
www.packaging.org.nz
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