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The second AIP State of Industry Webinar will be held on Wednesday the 15 May with GS1 Australia. It will include discussions on the National Framework for Recycled Content Traceability, the future of 2D and QR codes, the Packaging Catalogue and the Packaging Passport.

The presentation will focus on importance of identification, common language, standards and registries to share information; current application across the product lifecycle, with a focus on importance of traceability at the early manufacturing stages with a run through of a case study into the plastics traceability guideline, developed by the plastics equipment manufacturing sector for that sector in Germany.

The GS1 Australia speaker will be Dharshi Hasthanayake, manager – Sustainability and Circularity.

All AIP webinars attain points towards the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation.

Register to attend here.

 

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