OECD Global Forum on Environment - Plastics in a Circular Economy, 29-31 May 2018

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Sustainable Development via Safety By Design
OECD GLOBAL FORUM ON ENVIRONMENT
Copenhagen, DK
May 29, 2018

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• Question: How do you make the most
sustainable food package?
• Solution: Use polymer coated light metal
packaging.
• Question: How do you ensure the
sustainability of the polymer coating?
• Solution: Use Safety By Design at the
beginning of the product development cycle.
The Challenge

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• The endeavor to approach the reality of a
perpetual motion machine to the extent that
the Laws of Thermodynamics permit.
• The employment of resources to ensure the
needs of the market are met for the long term
with as little waste as possible.
Definitions of Sustainability

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• Food Waste
• 40 - 50% of all food grown is never eaten
• Energy Waste
• The energy inherent in production, transportation, storage
• Material Waste
• Raw materials that are excluded from successive products
• Productivity Waste
• Inefficient deployment
of human capital
Types of Waste

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Highest
Recycling
Rates
Infinite
Recyclability
92% Energy
Savings
Reduces Food
Waste
Preserves
Nutritional
Value
Reduces
Environmental
Impact
Metal Packaging Sustainability

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Allows fabrication of metal
Protects metal from product
Protects product from metal
Coatings Enable Metal Packaging

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Efficacy
• Applies defect-
free
• Excellent pack
performance
Economical
• High Efficiency
at low film
weight
• Universal
applicability
Regulatory
Approval
• Food Contact
• Chemical
Inventory
Stakeholder
Acceptance
• Precautionary
Principle
• Extra-
Regulatory
Coating Sustainable Design

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• Food Contact Regulatory Agencies focus on conventional
toxicity and risk-based safety assessments
• Chemical Inventory Regulatory Agencies require GLP-based
health and environmental tests
• Some stakeholders argue there is a gap between testing for
compliance and a more comprehensive answer
• Transparency and engagement with stakeholders is critical
The raw materials had to pass numerous
biological screening tests
C M R D E AT SnS* SnR* IrS IrE AA CA P B Rx F
single
repeated
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single
repeated
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ST N
GreenScreen Hazard Ratings: Epoxy Acrylate Type Film
Group I Human Group II and II* Human Ecotox Fate Physical

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• Candidate chemistries have to deliver linear, high molecular
weight polymer with extremely low residuals
• Chemical reactivity sufficient for cross linking for thermosetting
and adhesion to metal
• Polymer glass transition temperatures suitable for resistance to
high temperature sterilization processes
Synthetic Performance Requirements

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Safety By Design & Product Development
Product Development
Ideation
Material Investigation Process
Monitoring
Chemicals
of Concern
Endocrine Activity
Testing
Toxicologic Testing
Migration Analysis
Global food contact and
chemical inventory regulatory
approvals
MATERIALS
DESIGNED TO
MINIMIZE RISK

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Safety Data and Evaluations- Food Contact Perspective

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Collaboration and the search for answers

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Thank you for your kind attention