Tired of people telling you we throw away too much packaging? Here’s what you can tell them: We’re actually each throwing away less packaging today than we did more than 15 years ago. Between 2000 and 2014, the amount of packaging by weight that we generated grew by only 1.1%. On a per capita basis, it actually declined by 11.5% . This is quite impressive, given that the U.S. population grew by 13.0%, and real (inflation adjusted) per capita GDP grew by 14.0% during this same period.
These statistics mean that productivity per person went up over $6,200 while the amount of packaging needed to do so declined by almost 57 pounds. Thus, more goods and services are being produced with less packaging.
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The 15th edition of 3P Pakistan – An event for Plastic, Printing, Packaging, Rubber and Chemical industry will take place at Lahore Expo Center at 22 – 24 March 2019. It will be the most complete show for these growing industries.
The show will bring the world’s best Plastic, Printing, Packaging suppliers to Pakistan. It will also have companies involved in Rubber and Chemical industries.
3P Pakistan will be an ideal platform for companies to exhibit their products and services in front of thousands of visitors. It will have companies from all over the world which makes it an international exhibition. Visitors will get a chance to meet industry big players all under one roof
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