In response to the letter published in your February issue, we agree with the Confederation of Paper Industries that simply reducing weight is far too simplistic a view when attempting to make packaging more 'sustainable'.rnWhile it is legitimate to ask what consideration has been given to the weight of packaging, we make the pointrnin our recent report, 'Sustainable Packaging: Threat or Opportunity?' that historically the debate on 'sustainable' packaging has been dominated by a narrow focus on reducing weight and arguments around whether one material is inherently more or less sustainable than another.
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