Tag: plastic

CPMA and Western Growers (WG) recently joined forces to develop sustainable produce packaging guidelines which will benefit from the study’s findings.

The Government of Canada has announced a new Federal Plastics Registry which will require businesses to report on the quantity and types of plastic they put into the Canadian market.

European and Canadian governments have targeted food packaging, particularly plastic, as a threat to climate change, and plan to phase them out.

The new romaine hearts bag will be made up of 30 percent post consumer recycled plastic, reducing the need for virgin plastic production.

At full capacity, the facility will recycle nearly 90 million pounds of plastic waste per year, enough to encircle the globe in pallet wrap more than 135 times.

Canadian consumers are already besieged by high food prices. Now the government is pushing to implement a plastics ban without considering the consequences, including increased prices and reduced access to affordable, healthy food.

Produce packaging advancements need collaboration, education, and a dose of reality from all stakeholders.

Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural and organic food in the United States, today announced it will eliminate single use plastic bags at checkout by the end of 2023.

Today, WM and Dow announced the launch of a bold new collaboration to improve residential recycling for hard-to-recycle plastic films by allowing consumers in select markets to recycle these materials directly in their curbside recycling.

DS Smith has eliminated over 313 million pieces of problem plastics in the last two years thanks to products like GreenTote, which replaces plastic grocery bags.