Minutes - Corrugated Packaging Council

3. MARCH 3, 2010 MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL – Glenn Landau
The committee approved the minutes as written (see Appendix A).
4. REVIEW OF MARCH 3, 2010 ACTION ITEMS – Dwight Schmidt
• Cathy Foley, Steve Young and Dwight Schmidt will draft an industry
position paper on EPR for committee review. On Agenda
• Send Cathy’s Check-Off presentation to the committee. Distributed
• NCASI will develop LCA results for 3 recycled-content data points, which
Cathy Foley will then bring to the Containerboard/Kraft Sector to
determine if we can report something beyond industry average. On
Agenda
• AF&PA to look into the possibility of categorizing wood chips from sawmills
used to manufacture containerboard as “post-industrial”. Ongoing
• Brian will communicate to Wal-Mart that the CPA has approved funding
to investigate the development of another data point in addition to the
industry average. Completed
• Recommend to Containerboard and Kraft Sector that 2010 data collection
be authorized so the LCA can be updated by NCASI. Completed and
adopted
• Source proper weight and usage data for NCASI comparative study of
RPCs. Completed
• Form a subcommittee to work with NCASI on exploring possibility of
recalculating comparative RPC preliminary study with different values
for number of turns and CC weight. Completed
• Dwight will address IFCO website statements in person at PMA.
Completed
• The issue of “OCC Equivalent” by CORR was referred to AF&PA to
determine the appropriate response. Completed
5. FINANCIALS – Dwight Schmidt
2010 Final and 2011 through April statements were reviewed (see Appendix B).
Projected 2011 Funds Available:
Current April Statement $742,216
2011 Dues to be collected 154,154
YTD expenses 272,713
Budget remainder 327,287
Projected carryover 296,300