Paper and Packaging Board

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| headquarters = McLean, VA

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| chief1_name = Mary Anne Hansan

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The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB), a commodity checkoff program overseen by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is self-funded through quarterly assessments paid by eligible manufacturers and importers of paper and paper-based packaging.{{Cite web|title = Paper & Packaging Board {{!}} Agricultural Marketing Service|url = http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/research-promotion/paper|website = www.ams.usda.gov|access-date = 2016-01-19}} P+PB oversees the work of the Paper & Packaging – How Life Unfolds campaign designed to increase demand for paper and paper-based packaging.{{Cite news|url = http://www.marketplace.org/2015/09/15/business/paper-industry-wants-customers-back|title = Paper industry wants customers back|last = Burress|first = Jim|date = September 15, 2015|work = Marketplace|access-date = January 19, 2016}}

Funds are used for informational, educational, and promotional activities in support of the industry’s products, and may not be used for advocacy or lobbying. The board was founded by order of the Secretary of Agriculture on January 22, 2014, after a referendum in which manufacturers and importers representing more than 95 percent of the industry’s total production volume voted in favor of its creation.{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/01/22/2014-01002/paper-and-paper-based-packaging-promotion-research-and-information-order |title=Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order |publisher=Federal Register |date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2016}}

The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) is governed by a 12-member board elected from the participating companies and appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. The Board is headquartered outside of Washington, DC in McLean, Virginia.{{cite web|url=http://www.paperandpackaging.org/about/ |title=About |publisher=Paper and Packaging Board |access-date=January 14, 2016}}

In July 2015, the Board launched the Paper & Packaging – How Life Unfolds campaign highlighting how paper and packaging’s functional and emotional benefits encourage creativity, warmth, learning and connection.{{cite journal|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/paper-markers-promotional-campaign-takes-page-from-farmers-1436400116?cb=logged0.9290084159001708|title = Paper Makers’ Promotional Campaign Takes Page From Farmers|first = Bob|last = Tita|date = July 8, 2015|work = Wall Street Journal}}