Regulatory Sources

• U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) - Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
• Transport Canada
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Conference on Transportation of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA)

Packaging Industry Standards

• ASTM Technical Standards
• National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 
• International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)
• The European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
• Department of Defense (DOD) - Military Specifications
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• TAPPI- Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
• Document Center - Source For Various Industry Standards

Associations

• National Fire Protection Association
• Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP)
• American Plastics Council
• Society of Plastic Engineers
• The Society of The Plastics Industry, Inc.
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• Plastic Molders and Manufacturers Association
• National Wood Pallet and Container Assoc
• NIPHLE (National Institute Of Packaging, Handling, And Logistics Engineers)
• World Packaging Organization
• World Trade Org.

Publications

• Plastics News
• Food & Drug Packaging Magazine
• Packaging World
• PackagingInsider.com
• Daily Packaging News
• Packaging Digest Magazine

Miscellaneous

• PackMail
• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
• Integrated Waste Services Association
• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
• The Clean Washington Center
• Association of Post Consumer Plastic Recyclers
• The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA).
• Waste Policy Center

Packaging Schools

• University of Wisconsin Stout
• Michigan State University
• San Jose State University
• Clemson University
• Rutgers University
• Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)