Regulatory Compliance & Sustainability Flashcards
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A packaging engineer is designing a pouch with a barrier layer. Under the EU REACH regulation, which action is required if the barrier material contains a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) above 0.1% w/w?
Answer: Notify the ECHA and provide safe use information to recipients
Articles containing SVHCs above 0.1% w/w must be notified to ECHA and safe use information communicated to recipients upon request; authorization is required only if the SVHC is on the Authorization List.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for packaging shift the cost of end-of-life management to:
Answer: Producers who place packaging on the market
EPR programs make producers financially and/or operationally responsible for collecting and recycling packaging they introduce to the market.
When performing a Recyclability Assessment for the How2Recycle label program, what minimum percentage of US households must have access to drop-off or curbside collection for a material to qualify as 'Widely Recyclable'?
Answer: 80%
How2Recycle requires that at least 80% of US households have access to recycling collection for a packaging component to earn the 'Widely Recyclable' designation.
The Montreal Protocol's Kigali Amendment, which affects packaging operations, primarily targets the phase-down of:
Answer: Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigerant-cooled packaging lines
The Kigali Amendment added HFCs — commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning in manufacturing plants — to the Montreal Protocol phase-down schedule.
In the US, which federal agency has primary jurisdiction over indirect food additives, including packaging materials that may migrate into food?
Answer: FDA
The FDA regulates food contact materials under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, requiring that packaging substances that may migrate into food be approved as food additives or meet threshold of regulation criteria.
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition's COMPASS tool is used to compare packaging designs based on:
Answer: Cradle-to-gate environmental metrics from LCA data
COMPASS (Comparative Packaging Assessment) quantifies cradle-to-gate environmental metrics—energy, GHGs, water, and solid waste—using LCA methodology to compare packaging alternatives.
Under ASTM D6400, which condition must flexible packaging film meet to qualify as 'compostable' for industrial composting claims?
Answer: Disintegrate into particles ≤2mm and biodegrade ≥90% in 180 days under controlled composting conditions
ASTM D6400 requires disintegration to ≤2mm in 12 weeks and ≥90% biodegradation within 180 days under controlled industrial composting conditions.