1st International Meeting on IBC Repair and Remanufacture

1st International Trade Groups meet to address IBC cross bottling and rebottling issues

The international trade bodies of ICPP, ICIBCA and ICCR will meet in Washington DC on 7th & 8th February.

The purpose of the meeting to respond to a request from the UK Department for Transport for information on the practices of rebottling and cross bottling rigid, composite IBCs and how this work is interpreted within the current definitions of Repair and Remanufacture within the United Nations Recommdendations on Transport of Dangerous Goods.

The request will be as part of a Correspondance Working Group established following a proposal to the United Nations by Australia, Canada and UK - (INF Paper 33) requesting clarification on the practices.

The IPA's IBC Committee met on 30th January 2008 to agree their interpretations and proposals to the international meeting and agreed to Phil Pease, acting as a Board Member of ICPP, to represent the UK interests.

Results from the international meetings will be shown on this page in the near future

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