The First National Conference on Packaging Wastes was held September 22 through 24, 1969 in San Francisco. The conference was structured to promote meaningful dialogue among top-level officials in the entire packaging and user industries, waste disposal industry, government and universities, and also to attract participation of the public at large--all aimed at generating ideas for and approaches to the solution of packaging waste problems. The conference program focused attention especially on defining and clarifying the many problems related to the accumulation and disposal of packaging wastes. The conference did not result in many specific answers to packaging wastes problems: However it did formulate the proper questions in terms of approach and did identify individuals, industrial organizations, government agencies and universities with the capability of cooperatively developing the means for managing and controlling these packaging wastes. The reports presented at the meeting are given in full.