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Canadian study highlights the role of produce packaging

August 22, 2024 (Ottawa, ON) – A study commissioned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Environment and Climate Change...

8 months ago 5 minute read

Canadian government launches plastic registry

The International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 released this member alert May 6, 2024: The Government of Canada has announced...

11 months ago 2 minute read

Progress in the European, Canadian packaging ban battles

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

1 year ago 3 minute read

Emerald Packaging, D’Arrigo California launch post-consumer recycled bag

UNION CITY, Calif., Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Producing sustainable packaging is an environmental necessity today. Emerald Packaging, Inc. the leading flexible packaging...

1 year ago 6 minute read

New Minnesota plastics-recycling plant offers expanded food, film capabilities

MINNEAPOLIS–SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A state-of-the-art facility designed to recycle flexible film, a widely used...

1 year ago 9 minute read

CPMA and WGA: Short-sighted plastics ban would cause food shortages and increase prices

Canadian consumers are already besieged by high food prices. Now the government is pushing to implement a plastics ban without...

1 year ago 5 minute read

Session explores the reality of packaging in produce

ANAHEIM—A discussion of the intricacies of packaging in the fresh produce is a lot to cover in 30 minutes. At...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Sprouts Farmers Market to eliminate single use plastic bags by end of this year

PHOENIX, March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprouts Farmers Market BB #:168563, one of the largest and fastest growing specialty...

2 years ago 3 minute read

WM, Dow roll out first residential plastic film recycling program

HOUSTON and MIDLAND, Mich. , Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, WM and Dow announced the launch of a bold...

2 years ago 7 minute read

Packaging company explores plastic alternatives

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sustainable packaging company DS Smith today announced that it has designed out over 313 million pieces of problem plastics...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Plastic Bank’s founder to keynote OPS 2022

(MONTEREY, CA — April 25, 2022) Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the world’s...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Waste and wrapping cucumbers

A new study by Wrap, a British organization promoting sustainability, has released a study contending that wrapping certain fresh produce...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Costco moves away from plastic packaging in produce

As part of its ongoing sustainability efforts in merchandising, Costco Wholesale BB #:150902, Issaquah, WA, is moving away from plastic...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Berry companies introduce Innovation Challenge to address plastic waste

Watsonville, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2021 – Fresh berry leader Driscoll’s BB #:116044 has partnered with Think Beyond Plastic to...

3 years ago 5 minute read

European packaging restriction will have consequences

North American produce companies that export to Europe face new regulations on packaging. The European Union updated its food packaging...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Driscoll’s signs New Plastics Economy Global Commitment

WATSONVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE 3-31-21)–Driscoll’s, BB #:116044 the world’s fresh berry leader, today joins The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to...

4 years ago 7 minute read

Review: Nature Fresh compostable cuke wraps

I wouldn’t say the COVID-19 pandemic shifted consumer concerns about plastic entirely, but it does seem to have put it...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Nature Fresh Farms launches home-compostable cucumber wrap

PRESS RELEASE: Nature Fresh Farms BB #:332854 continue their sustainable initiatives by releasing a new, 100% home compostable wrap for...

5 years ago 2 minute read
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