Renewable packaging will reduce the egg industry’s plastic cartons by 4.5 Million the first year.
March 13, 2020
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.
The investment in bio-based chemistry further strengthens Stora Enso’s opportunities to replace fossil-based materials with renewable and recyclable materials.
December 10, 2019
Stora Enso, Sweden, announced plans to invest EUR $9 million to build a pilot facility that produces bio-based plastics as barrier in transparent packaging.
Over half of the 4,000 respondents in the United States, China, Germany and Finland said they would be willing to pay more for renewable food packaging.
June 17, 2019
Nearly 56% of Americans feel that food brands have the main responsibility for reducing plastic waste in food packaging, and that 46% are willing to pay more for renewable packaging, according to an international consumer survey commissioned by Kemira, Finland.
ALDI will also reduce packaging material across its entire range by at least 15%.
April 3, 2019
ALDI U.S., Batavia, Ill., announced a commitment to making 100% of its packaging, including plastic packaging, reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
This facility is said to be the first in North America to produce materials made from Plantic plant-based resin and post-consumer plastic.
March 25, 2019
Sealed Air Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announced plans to invest in production capacity at its Simpsonville, S.C., facility to produce plant-based food packaging.
Through this new cooperation, Sealed Air will offer Plantic materials to package perishable foods such as poultry, beef and seafood in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
March 25, 2019
Sealed Air Corp., Charlotte, N.C., entered into an agreement with Kuraray America, Inc., Houston, Texas, to offer food packaging materials derived from its Plantic bio-based resins.
The PlantCarton brand is the culmination of Evergreen Packaging's commitment to sustainability with an emphasis on the importance of using renewable materials in packaging.
March 12, 2019
New Barn Organics, Healdsburg, Calif., is transitioning its Almond Milk line, previously packaged in plastic, to PlantCarton paper packaging from Evergreen Packaging, Memphis, Tenn.
For this group of shoppers, recyclable and renewable are the cornerstones for responsible packaging.
September 21, 2018
The responsible packaging shoppers (RPS) are emerging as a trend-setting segment of shoppers, according to a report based on data from the annual EcoFocus Trend Study.