FBA Environmental Committee Hosts First Meeting Of The Year The Fibre Box Association’s (FBA) Environmental Commit- tee held its first meeting of the year on August 18, chaired by Allison Casey from Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC. The committee welcomed new members, including Holly Showalter of Akers Packaging, Kristie Frydenlund of Liber- ty Diversified, Rachel Davis of Smurfit WestRock, and Paul Doyle of Atlantic Packaging. The group covered a full agenda, including a presenta- tion from ALL4 on HFCs, a discussion on the development of the Environmental Compliance Resource, and other current industry topics. A highlight of the meeting was the ALL4 presentation, which sparked strong discussion about understanding of leak-rate calculations, difficulty obtaining complete, quality records from vendors, and the need for stronger technician certification practices. Over the past month, Jonita Verma, the Senior Tech- nical Services Coordinator at FBA, met with committee members to define the scope of an Environmental Com- pliance Resource that is genuinely useful for the industry and easily maintained by the committee. The group plans to form a subcommittee to help shape the project. The committee also discussed trainings and webinars next year. The next committee meeting is planned for early 2027.
AF&PA Releases August 2026 Packaging Papers Monthly Report The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) re- leased the August 2026 Packaging Papers Monthly report.
Total packaging papers & specialty packaging ship- ments in August increased 4 percent compared to August 2025. They were up 5 percent when compared to the same 8 months of 2025. • Unbleached bag & sack shipments hit a new record at nearly 119,000 short tons in August. They were up 8.4 percent year-to-date. • The bleached packaging papers operating rate was 91.1 percent; it was above 90 percent for the third time this year. • Total August 2026 inventories were up 1 percent com- pared to last August
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