SAVE FOOD Packaging Award introduced for interpack 2017

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) is working in cooperation with interpack to prepare for interpack 2017. Within the scope of this cooperation, the WPO has extended its WorldStar Awards to include the category “SAVE FOOD Packaging Awards”.

The WorldStar Awards commend best-practice approaches. These awards will be presented at a ceremony during interpack 2017, which will take place May 4-10, 2017 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The SAVE FOOD Packaging Awards recognize packaging solutions who distinguish themselves by their capacity to reduce food loss and waste, according to a news release. Examples include prolonging the packaged product’s shelf life or with intelligent concepts for portioning or protecting the contents of packages once they have been opened. It is also important that the package is produced resource-efficient and with as little packaging material as necessary, the news release said. Overall, associations from more than 15 countries (including Africa and the Middle East) are involved in the award competition and will choose the national winners in a variety of categories in advance of interpack 2017. Among others, awards will be given for retail and transportation packages.

The national winners will then compete at interpack 2017 for the WorldStar Award in the SAVE FOOD category and their innovations will be exhibited at the “innovationparc” special show, which will again be devoted to topics associated with SAVE FOOD.

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