AF&PA targets young people with education campaign

AF&PA targets young people with education campaign
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The Washington-based American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) says it has launched a newly redesigned website for “The Responsible Package” initiative, which it sponsors along with six other trade associations.

The redesigned website promotes paper and paper-based packaging as a responsible choice and provides information and materials related to The Responsible Package’s youth education program.

“In 2017, The Responsible Package’s youth education print materials will reach 150,000 fifth grade students at 1,132 schools in 14 states,” says AF&PA Director of Packaging Gretchen Spear. “Through our updated website, we are able to distribute these materials to even more educators, students and their families.”

The youth education materials are designed to support a Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) education initiative and National Science Education Standards. “By structuring the lessons to align with these standards, the materials provide a valuable program that teachers can use to supplement existing curricula on topics such as recycling, science, the environment and math,” says AF&PA.

The materials include in-class and family take-home documents, a recycling family pledge and additional lessons. All materials are available for download free of charge on the new website.

The Responsible Package youth education program’s objectives are to raise awareness about responsible consumer behavior regarding paper-based packaging and to educate youth to understand that paper-based packaging can be a responsible choice.

The Responsible Package initiative has been designed to support paperboard, corrugated, and paper bag and sack products and to further the paper-based packaging industry’s commitment to providing renewable, recyclable and sustainable packaging that also is reliable and economically viable. The Responsible Package’s sponsoring organizations include the AF&PA, the Independent Packaging Association (AICC), the Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA), the Fibre Box Association (FBA), the Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA), the Renewable Bag Council (RBC) and TAPPI.

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Source: Recycling Today
AF&PA targets young people with education campaign
<![CDATA[The Washington-based American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) says it has launched a newly redesigned website for “The Responsible Package” initiative, which it sponsors along with six other trade associations.   The redesigned website promotes paper and paper-based packaging as a responsible choice and provides information and materials related to The Responsible Package’s youth education program.   “In 2017, The Responsible Package’s youth education print materials will reach 150,000 fifth grade students at 1,132 schools in 14 states,” says AF&PA Director of Packaging Gretchen Spear. “Through our updated website, we are able to distribute these materials to even more educators, students and their families.”   The youth education materials are designed to support a Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) education initiative and National Science Education Standards. “By structuring the lessons to align with these standards, the materials provide a valuable program that teachers can use to supplement existing curricula on topics such as recycling, science, the environment and math,” says AF&PA.   The materials include in-class and family take-home documents, a recycling family pledge and additional lessons. All materials are available for download free of charge on the new website.   The Responsible Package youth education program’s objectives are to…