REGULATORY SOURCES

• U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) - Office of Hazardous Materials Safety

• Transport Canada

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

• International Air Transport Association (IATA)

• International Maritime Organization (IMO)

• Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC)

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Conference on Transportation of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA)

Packaging Industry Standards 

• ASTM Technical Standards

• National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA)

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 

• International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)

• The European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

• Department of Defense (DOD) - Military Specifications

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

• TAPPI- Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry

• Document Center - Source For Various Industry Standards

Associations

• National Fire Protection Association

• Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP)

• American Plastics Council

• Society of Plastic Engineers

• The Society of The Plastics Industry, Inc.

• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

• Plastic Molders and Manufacturers Association

• National Wood Pallet and Container Assoc

• NIPHLE (National Institute Of Packaging, Handling, And Logistics Engineers)

• World Packaging Organization

• World Trade Org.

Publications

• Plastics News

• Food & Drug Packaging Magazine

• Packaging World

• PackagingInsider.com

• Daily Packaging News

• Packaging Digest Magazine

Miscellaneous

• PackMail

• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

• Integrated Waste Services Association

• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.

• The Clean Washington Center

• Association of Post Consumer Plastic Recyclers

• The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA).

• Waste Policy Center

Packaging Schools 

• University of Wisconsin Stout

• Michigan State University

• San Jose State University

• Clemson University

• Rutgers University

• Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)