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RPMASA is the Responsible Packaging Management Association of Southern Africa,
a Section 21 company not for gain and registered NPO.

The RPMASA is the leading Southern African organisation for all in the value chain of Industrial
Packaging and has links to various International Organisations.

The mission of RPMASA is to promote the safe, efficient and environmentally responsible:

Manufacture
Fill & handling
Collection & transport
Recovery, reprocess, recondition, remanufacture & recycle
Re-use & final disposal of re-usable industrial containers.

The purpose is to:

• provide a focal point for all organisations involved
  in the life cycle of these industrial containers,

• promote responsible container management,

• encourage partnerships along the value chain together
  with government and interested parties,

• encourage industry's commitment to the public to continuously improve its health, safety and
  environmental practice and performance.

• provide a voice to Government 

RPMASA supports and promotes the "Codes of Operating Practice" compiled by the
international body.

Internationally Responsible Packaging Management - RPM has been operational for 60 years with
the founding of the ADR (American Drum Reconditioners) in 1942 - now RIPA (Reusable Industrial
Packaging Association). The international co-ordinating body, ICCR (International Confederation
of Container Reconditioners), co-ordinates international industry activities and participates in international
regulatory and standards forums, such as the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport
of Dangerous Goods, and the International Standards Organisation.

The RPMASA also has a seat on the UN Committee of Experts for Transport of Dangerous Goods and GHS