IPA

The Industrial Packaging Association 23rd General Meeting

10 th September 2014

AGENDA

GENERAL MEETING 09:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 – 11:15 COMMITTEE MEETINGS 11:15 – 13:00 AFTERNOON MEETINGS 13:00 – 17:00 Sign In, Apologies, Guests Membership Update Minutes of Last Meeting

(20 th May 2014 - Brighouse)

IPA Promotion, Website & Activity Update IPA Accounts / Budget Update Key Issues for Committees – inc:

Standards & Regulations (P. Pease) & Environment (T. Hancock)

Other Business Next Meetings & Dates

    Plastics Drums & IBCs: Main Meeting Room Steel Drums & Fibre Drums: Informal Meeting – room not specified Reconditioning: Informal Meeting – room not specified IBC: Joined with Plastics Meetings

Buffet Lunch 13:00 – 14:00

 Afternoon Meetings – as Required: Individual Members & Groups

Membership Update 2014

New 2014 Members: Delta Containers

Adam White

Greif UK

Chris Warren

Mauser UK

Robin Smith Andy Beardmore

M&N Containers

Ken Ball Nittel UK (Associate) Paul & James Gwynne

Recontainers

Alan Pritchard

Tradpack Recycling

Kevan Underhill

Full Members: 22 Carrick JG Delta Containers FDL Group Fibrestar Gem Plastics Greif UK Ken Rooms Mauser UK M&N Containers Metal Drum Co Milford IBC National Container Group PackCare / WasteCare Pack2Pack / Earthminded Promens UK Recontainers R. Spivey Ramsden & Whale Rilta Environmental RPC Schutz UK Tradpack Recycling Associates : Impact Laboratories Drum Closures Nittel UK Wheatley Plastics 4 Potential: Werit UK Not Renewed: AST Denios Total Petrochemicals New Contacts: RPC

Simon Hutchinson (retiring)

New contact:

Will Youney

Review of Minutes from Last Meeting 20

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May 2014 (Spring Meeting at Brighouse)

New IPA website & promotion

www.theipa.co.uk

New IPA website & promotion

IPA to take a free stand at Empac 2015 Trade Show (25 – 26 February) at the NEC, Birmingham to promote the association and our members. Members will be invited to exhibit on an individual basis – please advise preferred sales team contact details.

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT / TRADE GROUP

DfT / VCA UN Packaging Scheme Review Committee DfT: UN Proposals Review Committee Chair Member

IPA ROLE

BSI Committee: Packaging & Environment BSI Committee: Drums BSI Committee: Dangerous Goods Chair (UK Lead at ISO) Chair (UK Lead at CEN & ISO) Member DEFRA: Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) APPG: All Party Parliamentary Group on Packaging Board Member Member EIPA: European Industrial Packaging Association Technical Advisor (via SEFFI) ICPP: International Confederation of Plastics Packaging Member

IPA 2013 Annual Accounts & 2014 Budget Report by Phil Pease

Ref 1 Item CEO / Admin Fees 2 3 Travel Expenses Consultancy 4 5 6 Meeting / Hotel Fees Website Banking

Total Projected Costs IPA Budget 2014 - costs

Budgeted Cost 17,000 1,000 750 3,200 2,400 150

24,500

719 375 108 Cost to Date 17,000 1,280 2,135

Notes:

1 = No change 2 = Train & Car (attending meetings inc London) 3 = TH inc reports & travel to 2 meetings (1 shown to date) 4 = Spring & Autumn Meetings + Bristol accommodation for EA meetings (not forecast) 5 = Website cost includes usual hosting fees plus new website development 6 = HSBC Fees average @ £11.50 / month

2 3 Bank Interest

IPA Budget 2014 - income

Ref 1 Item Full Member Subscriptions Associate Subscriptions

Total Projected Income

Budgeted Income 30,800 2,000 5

32,805 Notes:

1 = Full Subscription £1400 x 22 members (1 x paid monthly DD) 2 = Associate Subscription £500 x 4 members 3 = Bank Interest – negligible Income to Date 30,320 2000 3 32,325 Projected Income £ 32,805

IPA Budget 2014 – Projected Balance

Projected Costs £ 24,500 Projected Balance £ 2,485 * * Projected balance after exceptional cost of new website

Industrial Packaging Regulations & Standards Report by Phil Pease

Overview of Key Regulations & Standards – September 2014 • IBC Production Leak Testing concerns Swedish Paper withdrawn at June UN meetings • GHS Corrosivity Issues – continued scrutiny for Packing Groups Ongoing • Revised WM2 Hazardous Waste Guidelines – effective now Advised no further change but SIA continue to fight • UN 3509 applied to un-cleaned scrapped packaging from 2015 UK to allow continuation of Empty Packaging Criteria for scrap • Metal IBC wall thickness proposals from SSCA Not accepted by UN • France BPA ban – applicable to drums & IBCs?..

• Load Securing Guidelines Understood will be enforced in full by UK authorities

Industrial Packaging Environmental Report by

Tony Hancock

Other Business

Next IPA Meeting: May 2015 Brighouse

(date to confirm)

Others:

EIPA TR Group: 23-24 Oct 2014 Dusseldorf International: 3-6 June 2015 Vancouver EIPA TR Group: 5-6 March 2015 Dusseldorf EIPA Annual: 15-16 September Rome

IPA COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Plastics: Crosby Suite I (Main Meeting Room) Steel Drums: Wyatt Room Fibre Drums: Combined with Steel Meeting Reconditioning: Chantrell Room IBC Manufacturing: Combined with Plastics Meeting