Comments on: Barbados: Environmental Management http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/19/barbados-environmental-management/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:30:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Keith R http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/19/barbados-environmental-management/comment-page-1/#comment-1503806 Keith R Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:30:10 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=48717#comment-1503806 Actually, what happened in the Brazilian state of Parana is that the environmental officials there <i>threatened</i> to ban aseptic packaging if Tetra Pak did not work with them on recycling the packaging -- they didn't actually ban. Tetra Pak chose to deal and the resulting partnership seems to be working out well. I ought to know -- the story Barbados Free Press quoted was mine in The Temas Blog, as is the update I just published in the same blog a few days ago. The threat probably worked for Parana because Brazil is a huge market for Tetra Pak and they have manufacturing facilities in Brazil. If Parana banned their packaging other states might follow, and that would have been a nightmare for Tetra Pak. Whether the same threat would work in a much smaller market like Barbados is open to debate.... Actually, what happened in the Brazilian state of Parana is that the environmental officials there threatened to ban aseptic packaging if Tetra Pak did not work with them on recycling the packaging — they didn’t actually ban. Tetra Pak chose to deal and the resulting partnership seems to be working out well. I ought to know — the story Barbados Free Press quoted was mine in The Temas Blog, as is the update I just published in the same blog a few days ago.

The threat probably worked for Parana because Brazil is a huge market for Tetra Pak and they have manufacturing facilities in Brazil. If Parana banned their packaging other states might follow, and that would have been a nightmare for Tetra Pak. Whether the same threat would work in a much smaller market like Barbados is open to debate….

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