RPTA’s industry leading science based comprehensive program for food-contact materials produced from recycled fiber.
The Association continues to bring our members educational events and benchmarking studies to support the improvement of recycled mill operations and products.
The Production-Technical (P-T) Seminar is RPTA's annual premier educational program for members, held in association with the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry’s annual conference. Our 2026 event will be April 27th and 28th in Columbus, Ohio. RPTA has sought out presentations on clay coating, stickies mitigation, paper machine vacuum, and recycled mills’ key environmental issues. The event will include a Roundtable where RPTA members can discuss topics of general interest to recycled mills.
Biennially, RPTA conducts a comprehensive benchmarking study on the physical and optical properties of key grades manufactured by RPTA members. The 2025 Profile Study report was distributed on September 1 and is available to members only here. Member samples of containerboard and paperboard from 51 paper machines were included in the Study.
The 2025 Fall Roundtable will be held on October 15 & 16, in Brookfield, WI. It includes a seminar on refining, followed the next day with tours of Valmet’s refiner foundry (in Waukesha, WI) and Greif’s Milwaukee, WI paperboard mill. The Roundtable is free for our RPTA members, that is, for all employees of our RPTA member companies. Registration has closed for this event.
We are planning a webinar on waste reduction, through equipment, process solutions, or waste outlets. Stay tuned for webinar details and registration link. Stay tuned for details.
We are excited to announce our 2026 Fall Roundtable, hosted by Kruger Inc. It will be held at the Delta hotel in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada, on October 20th and 21st. Tours will include the Number 10 paper machine at Kruger Trois-Rivières, the Carbon Capture Unit at Kruger Wayagamack, and Innofibre’s pilot facilities (including a paper machine, recycling line, biomaterial process, molded fiber, etc.).
On July 16th, we held a panel webinar — "Mill to Meaning: Career Stories in Recycled Paper." A diverse and experienced panel shared their career paths, insights, lessons learned, and inspirations. A recording of the webinar is available for members by clicking here.