Nature's Yoke to Eliminate Single-Use rPET Plastic Egg Cartons in 2020
Renewable packaging will reduce the egg industry’s plastic cartons by 4.5 Million the first year.
Nature’s Yoke, one of the oldest co-ops of family farms on the east coast producing organic, pasture-raised and free-range eggs, plans to eliminate post-consumer recycled plastic (rPET) egg cartons in 2020 and replace them with cartons made from 100% post-consumer paper. By eliminating all plastic egg packaging, Nature’s Yoke will reduce the number of plastic cartons used within the egg industry by 4,560,090 cartons annually. Lined up end-to-end, the 4.5M+ cartons cover 864 miles, nearly the distance between New York City and Chicago.
As a four-generation family-run business, this decision aligns with Nature’s Yoke commitment to the environment. Furthermore, removing single-use plastic from the food system is imperative, as the current U.S. recycling system is in crisis, due to import restrictions and tariffs placed on China by the current U.S. administration. As a result much of our plastic waste is not being recycled, adding to landfills, or worse.