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Membership Benefits
Strengthen your company’s credentials on sustainability
- Membership of INCPEN demonstrates your company's commitment to environmental improvement and support for sustainable consumption, distribution and production
Keep informed and up-to-date monthly confidential newsletter
- monthly update on UK and European packaging legislation, including national legislation and national recovery and recycling systems
- early warning of proposed regulations and interest groups' campaigns
- interpretation of existing regulations
Understand how to comply with the law and how to design for real environmental improvement
- INCPEN provides invaluable support for packaging development and advice on packaging design for real environmental improvement
- INCPEN’s Responsible Packaging Code of Practice is endorsed by LACORS and recommended by Trading Standards Officers
- Gain access to a top class team of consultants
- INCPEN engages a team of consultants to advise on legislative affairs, environmental aspects of packaging and waste management
Inform regulators and interest groups about the facts on packaging
- INCPEN is held in high regard by policy makers and is frequently invited to input to UK and European policy at an early stage
- INCPEN develops briefings and position statements (with members' input)
- Our publication Towards Greener Households has been widely acclaimed and praised by government ministers and green groups and is used by most local councils
- INCPEN works with many groups to explain and promote the role of packaging in society and to respond to consumers' concerns
- INCPEN has links with numerous organsations including; The National Federation of Consumers, Green Alliance and LARAC
- INCPEN has a unique ability to put over industry’s messages in a clear and simple way
Network with the whole distribution chain
- INCPEN's corporate members operate throughout the packaging chain from raw material suppliers through to retailers
- The INCPEN TAG (Trade Association Group) is an information exchange group of Trade Associations managed and co-ordinated by INCPEN
Participate in authoritative research work
- INCPEN is acknowledged for the quality of its research, in which membership involvement is a key element
Inform the next generation about packaging
- INCPEN's schools materials have been widely used since 1987
- Many members use INCPEN’s schools materials and other publications in talking to the communities near their facilities about the role of packaging chain companies
