Private Initiatives. In parallel to the waves of international conventions unravelling the uniform system, carriers were developing many international private initia- tives. Some tended to bring further uniformity, such as the IATA Recom- mended Practices, and particularly their recommended general conditions of carriage23 that provided common definitions. But they did not modify the uniform regime established by the 1929 Warsaw Convention. In contrast, right when the United States was dissatisfied with the low limits of the 1955 Hague Protocol and was about to denounce the 1929 Warsaw Convention, numerous international carriers agreed under the 1966 Montreal Agreement24 to raise the limit of indemnification in case of death, wounding or other bodily injury up to USD 75 000 of proven damage for services to and from the United States.25 This voluntary agreement entered into by air carriers to save as much as possible of the uniform regime, was accepted by the American Civil Aeronautics Board,26 and ultimately became domestic law.27
Private Initiatives. 1. The Parties shall encourage interested Persons in Canada and the United States to create the binational industry council described in Annex 13.
Private Initiatives. Similarly private initiatives have been developed addressing similar objectives. xxxx://xxx.xxxx.xxx/ The European PET Bottle Platform is a voluntary industry initiative that provides PET bottle design guidelines for recycling, evaluates PET bottle packaging solutions and technologies and facilitates understanding of the effects of new PET bottle innovations on recycling processes. This initiative fully supports the economic and environmental sustainability of the European PET value chain. EPBP assessments are performed ensuring strict business confidential information protection and the opinions are fully recognized by decision makers that source PET bottle packaging solutions. The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) is a voluntary initiative supported by the European Federation of Bottled Waters (EFBW), the European Association of Plastic Recycling and Recovery Organizations (EPRO), Petcore Europe, Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and the European non-alcoholic beverages association (UNESDA). The Platform consists of technical experts in the field of PET production, design and recycling, whose only objective is the evaluation of new technologies and providing an independent and confidential assessment of their impact on the PET recycling processes across Europe. EPBP has established several test procedures in order to assess the impact on recycling of new packaging technologies. Products that pass the tests should not cause any problems during recycling. xxxx://xxxxxxxxx.xx/ Plastics Recyclers Europe, based in Brussels, represents over 100 plastic recyclers in Europe. The quantity of plastic waste which PRE member companies recycle is growing every year – currently this is already more than 2.4 million tonnes a year. Plastic Recyclers Europe have developed the Recyclass initiative, based upon the idea that design determines whether packaging can be recycled. If you want to design environmentally-friendly packaging, here you can learn what is important. In just a few steps you can check the level of recyclability of your package by using “RecyClass”. There is also advice on improving your package's design. Finally, you can have your package certified by an expert in case you want to use our label in your marketing. Recycling entails the reuse of spent packaging in a new plastic product. Far too much plastic packing is not fit for this purpose and hence destined for energy recovery only. The recyclability of packaging can be improved when a few criteria are...
