PCC Community Markets eliminates 80% of petroleum-based deli packaging
The co-op anticipates rolling out additional sustainable and functional packaging in its deli in 2020.
PCC Community Markets, Seattle, Wash., introduced a collection of new compostable deli containers to its 11 Puget Sound, Wash.-area stores. This change will eliminate more than 8 million pieces of petroleum-based plastic packaging from the supply chain each year, which accounts for more than 80% of the plastic packaging used in PCC’s scratch-made deli. The container is one item in the retailer’s growing collection of compostables, with the goal to eliminate all petroleum-based packaging from its deli by 2022.
“We are one of a few grocers in the country committed to eliminating plastics at such an ambitious scale,” says Brenna Davis, vice president of social and environmental responsibility. “According to scientists, plastics persist in the environment for generations, and over 700 marine species are impacted by them. PCC wants the scratch-made food served in our deli to be both good for you and good for the environment. And, for us, that includes the ingredients from which it’s made and the packaging in which it’s served.”